Currie, a former Sheffield United player, has worked for the Blades since 1988.
The new sole owner of Sheffield United, Prince Abdullah bin Musa’ad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has revealed he will speak to Tony Currie on Friday.
Currie, who is widely regarded as Sheffield United’s greatest ever player, is on the board at Bramall Lane, where he has also held community and corporate roles since 1988.
But according to a report in The Daily Mail this week, the 69-year-old is set to step down in the wake of Monday’s court ruling, which determined that Prince Abdullah’s former co-owner, Kevin McCabe, must sell his 50 per cent stake to the Saudi royal for £5 million.
Currie told the newspaper: “It is a sad day for the club. Over the past 25 years Kevin McCabe has transformed the club.
“We have a team in the Premier League with a brilliant manager and an academy producing players for England and one of the best stadiums in the country.
“All of that is down to Kevin. I’m sad for him and sad for myself and I’m sad for the Sheffield United supporters.”
And when asked about Prince Abdullah, Currie replied: “I’ve only seen him at the ground twice. I’ve only spoken to him once.
“It will be catastrophic if we lose Chris Wilder [the Blades manager] because of this takeover.”
But speaking at a fans forum on Thursday evening, Prince Abdullah told the official Sheffield United Twitter page that Currie could stay at Bramall Lane
He said:
Prince Abdullah had earlier announced that his son-in-law, Prince Musaad, would become Sheffield United’s new chairman.
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