Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has criticised a newspaper report which described the Championship side as 'Total Brexit' due to their largely British core.
La Vanguardia, a Spanish daily and Catalonia's leading newspaper, made the claim in a report with a headline that translated to 'Total Brexit: Only British players at Sheffield United'.
The author, London-based Rafael Ramos, wrote in September: "Sheffield United is the epitome of Total Brexit, a team made up entirely of English players, with the dressing to give it a taste of two Scots, two Welsh and four Irishmen (a pair from Ulster and another from the Republic)."
Wilder, whose Blades side currently sit ninth in the second tier, was eager to put the record straight given a report which he feels paints his club's recruitment policy as narrow-minded.
"Let's talk about recruitment," Wilder told reporters ahead of Monday night's meeting with Cardiff City. "I've never once said about not signing foreign players.
"We're out there but we have to get value for money. And last year, first and foremost, it was important to get out of the division quickly.
"But there's no closed door here, we're not a blinkered football club. We'll look all over the place to try and make us get better."
Earlier in September, Italian newspaper La Gazzetta Dello Sport drew comparisons between the Blades and Basque-only La Liga club Athletic Bilbao, claiming that "Sheffield United represents a homemade model capable of stimulating nostalgic fans".
Giuseppe Labellarte
