Where AI thinks Sheffield United rank in the UK's 60 biggest football clubs | OneFootball

We asked ChatGPT where Sheffield United rank among the UK's top 60 biggest football clubs.

After missing out on promotion in agonising fashion last season, Sheffield United will be aiming to secure a return to the Premier League in the upcoming campaign.

Sheffield United looked to be in pole position to win automatic promotion last term, but a late-season collapse saw them finish in third place, and they suffered further heartbreak as they were beaten 2-1 by Sunderland in the play-off final at Wembley in May.

After disagreements over the club's new data-driven recruitment model, the Blades made the controversial decision to part company with popular manager Chris Wilder in June, and he has been replaced by former Reading and Hull City boss Ruben Selles.

As Selles begins work on rebuilding his squad, United have brought in four new signings so far this summer in Mihail Polendakov, Tyler Bindon, Ehiji Ukaki and Louie Barry, but they have also lost star midfielder Vini Souza to Wolfsburg, and there could be further high-profile departures before the end of the window.

Ruben Selles will be looking to write a new chapter in Sheffield United history next season

While there are some question marks about whether Selles is the right appointment for the club, Sheffield United do appear to have a squad that is capable of challenging for promotion to the Premier League next season.

The Blades may currently be aiming to get out of the Championship, but they have experienced plenty of success during their illustrious history, including winning the First Division title all the way back in the 1897-98 season and lifting the FA Cup four times, the most recent of which was in 1925.

United experienced a decline in the early 2010s that saw them relegated to League One, and they spent a total of five seasons languishing in the division before winning the title under Chris Wilder in the 2016-17 campaign.

Since escaping the third tier, the Blades have been on an upward trajectory for many of the subsequent years, and among their notable achievements in recent times, they finished ninth in the Premier League in the 2019-20 season and reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in the 2022-23 campaign, as well as securing automatic promotion from the Championship on two occasions.

As Selles looks to become the latest manager to lead United back to the promised land, we asked ChatGPT where they rank among the UK's top 60 biggest football clubs.

Where AI ranks Sheffield United among the UK's biggest football clubs

Sheffield United may have struggled to establish themselves in the Premier League in recent years, but ChatGPT believes the Blades rank 24th on the list of the UK's top 60 biggest football clubs.

According to AI, Manchester United are the biggest club in the UK, despite finishing 15th in the top flight last season, while Liverpool and Arsenal are in second and third place respectively, and Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Everton and West Ham United complete the top 10.

Of their fellow Championship sides, Leicester City, West Bromwich Albion, Middlesbrough, Blackburn Rovers, Southampton and Stoke City are all above United, while ChatGPT also placed their bitter Steel City rivals Sheffield Wednesday higher on the list, with the Owls being ranked in 18th place.

Scottish giants Celtic and Rangers are another two clubs who are ranked higher than the Blades, but on a more positive note, the South Yorkshire outfit are above six current Premier League sides - Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Burnley, Crystal Palace and Fulham.

Given the increasing gap between the top two divisions of English football, it will be tough for United to climb the list too much over the coming years, but earlier in the summer, owners Steve Rosen and Helmy Eltoukhy stated their desire to .