Sheffield United star Callum O'Hare sends message to Coventry City | OneFootball

The former Sky Blue could face his old club in the play-off final later this month.

Sheffield United midfielder Callum O'Hare has wished his former club Coventry City luck ahead of their second leg against Sunderland in the play-off semi-final.

O'Hare and his teammates will play at Wembley later this month for the chance to be a Premier League club next season. Their record-breaking 6-0 aggregate victory over Bristol City put the quality of the 90-point-achieving side on full display for all to see - a potentially worrying sight for whoever they face in the play-off final.

Sunderland and Coventry will face off on Tuesday evening at the Stadium of Light to determine which of the two teams Chris Wilder's side will face at the home of English football. The Black Cats take a 2-1 advantage into the match thanks to their bounce-back performance at the CBS Arena on Friday.

The Sky Blues are no strangers to Wembley Way. They've attended the world-famous ground in the last two seasons, once for a play-off final against Luton Town, and once against Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-final; both times they lost on penalties.

Callum O'Hare sends play-off final message to Coventry City

O'Hare suffered half of that heartbreak with them. While he wasn't fit enough to face the Hatters two seasons ago, he was part of the squad that faced Man United in the last campaign before he left as a free agent to join the Blades.

Speaking to Sky Sports after United's conclusive 3-0 victory at Bramall Lane, the 27-year-old wished his former team, whose supporters didn't give him the nicest welcome back when he returned to Coventry for the first time since he left, earlier this season, all the best for their crucial match in the northeast, and admitted that him and his teammates will be watching to see who their final opponents will be.

"Then it is what it is (if he faces his old club in the final). It'll be a good game... I watched their game the other day, it was a close game. Obviously they play tomorrow. I think everyone in their will be watching and seeing who it is.

"Either way, like you said, we want to go out there, enjoy ourselves, and we want to be that ones that go up, as they will want to be the ones that go up. It'll be a good game, a good atmosphere and good luck to them tomorrow. We'll see what happens."

Coventry's own Wembley experience could work against them

No Championship side has had more recent exposure to the pressure that comes with playing at Wembley than Frank Lampard's Sky Blues. Unfortunately for them, their record of two consecutive defeats speaks for itself.

Just like many of his players, their manager has experienced the heartbreak of losing football's most valuable game once before too, with Derby County in 2019.

Those hurtful memories won't be brushed off easily, and that's if they get past Sunderland on Tuesday evening.