{"id":892089,"date":"2026-04-13T22:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/892089\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T22:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:20:18","slug":"sheffield-united-player-announces-hes-having-child-with-manager-chris-wilders-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/892089\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United player announces he’s having child with manager Chris Wilder’s daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sheffield United midfielder Ollie Arblaster has announced he is expecting a baby with his partner, the daughter of manager Chris Wilder.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The news was confirmed on social media by Martha Wilder as she tagged the midfielder in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n

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Arblaster and Wilder are expecting their first child togetherCredit: instagram \/ @marthaelizabethwilder<\/p>\n

A series of snaps including her baby bump, ultrasound scans and a selfie with Arblaster featured in the upload.<\/p>\n

Alongside the photos, Martha wrote ‘+1’ in the caption alongside a white heart emoji.<\/p>\n

Close relationship<\/p>\n

Arblaster is currently part of Wilder’s first-team squad at Bramall Lane having come through the club’s academy.<\/p>\n

The midfielder has made 47 first-team appearances for the Blades<\/a>.<\/p>\n

READ MORE IN FOOTBALL<\/p>\n

Of those, 42 have been under Wilder<\/a>, who gave Arblaster his Premier League<\/a> debut aged 20 back in March 2024.<\/p>\n

He featured as a substitute during a 6-0 home defeat to Arsenal before going on to captain the side just a month later.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old has featured 17 times in the Championship so far this season since returning from injury.<\/p>\n

Arblaster was sidelined for 13 months before making his comeback from a torn ACL in December.<\/p>\n

A former England Under-20 international, he is contracted with the Blades until 2028.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Wilder is now in his third spell in charge at Bramall Lane.<\/p>\n

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Arblaster was handed his Premier League debut by Wilder as a 20-year-oldCredit: Getty\"Ollie<\/a><\/p>\n

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The couple, both 22 years old, went public with their relationship in February 2025Credit: instagram\/@oliarblaster<\/p>\n

The 58-year-old returned to the club in September<\/a>, replacing Ruben Selles in the dugout.<\/p>\n

It came just three months after Wilder had been sacked as manager<\/a> at the end of last season.<\/p>\n

His exit followed Sheffield United’s play-off final defeat to Sunderland<\/a> at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n

Wilder had guided the Blades from League One<\/a> to the Premier League during his first stint as manager.<\/p>\n

However, supporters will have to wait until next season for another chance at promotion to the top-flight.<\/p>\n

The Blades are out of reach of the play-off places in 17th with four Championship matches remaining this season.<\/p>\n

Read More on talkSPORT\"Chris<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wilder returned to Sheffield United for a third spell as manager in SeptemberCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

They are all but safe from relegation, with a ten-point gap between themselves and the bottom three.<\/p>\n

Wilder’s side travel to another of his former club’s on Saturday as they face Watford at Vicarage Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheffield United midfielder Ollie Arblaster has announced he is expecting a baby with his partner, the daughter of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,9030,4235,23712,12032,393,4884,251864,1620,4239,16,15],"class_list":["post-892089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sheffield","tag-britain","tag-championship","tag-chris-wilder","tag-efl","tag-efl-championship","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-ollie-arblaster","tag-sheffield","tag-sheffield-united","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116399730252184733","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}