Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has paid tribute to John Fleck.

The Scotland midfielder has left for Coventry City this week.

Wilder said of their multi-promotions hero: "I had a conversation with John yesterday afternoon and said a club had come in for him and obviously his contract was up, so maybe we were looking more longer term in terms of the future of the football club and players like Andre Brooks coming through and I wanted to make sure it was right for John as well.

"The decision and the opportunity for John to carry on playing to a very high standard was one that he couldn't afford to turn down and yes, I went to bed and woke up about half 12, one o'clock and saw that it had gone through and it was a little bit mixed emotions really because of the incredible contribution he's made.

"From a manager's point of view and people go on about a manager's dream, he was a fabulous player to work with, understated, gave his opinion, trained absolutely full tilt every day, day in day out, gave everything out on the pitch, selfless in his play, extremely talented.

"Everyone knows the backstory to how we got him and coming on a free and the song the supporters made up regarding him as well. Just his whole contribution right the way through and it gives you an incredible amount of pride when you see the likes of players like John, and his characteristics, his personality, his drive come through, playing in League One and being on that initial journey right the way through to regaining a Premier League status for the football club with a promotion last year. He's got a hell of a lot to look back on with an enormous amount of pride in how he's gone about his business, as well as his fantastic performances."