Sheffield United: Big summer awaits The Blades as Premier League status is confirmed

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder: Nick Potts/PA Wire

The sound of popping champagne corks was still reverberating around Bramall Lane when Chris Wilder, who less than an hour earlier had mastermined the win which eventually sealed Sheffield United's return to the Premier League, turned his attention to next season.

The scale of the challenge awaiting his club, which has not competed at top-flight level for the past 12 years, means there will be precious little time to celebrate before the serious business of preparing for next season begins in earnest.

Although there is work to be done on the pitch, where Wilder and his staff must identify the targets capable of embellishing an already talented squad, arguably the most important issues to address are behind the scenes where co-owners Kevin McCabe and HRH Prince Abdullah Bin Mosaad Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud are destined to do battle at the High Court next month after launching rival bids for sole control.