Sheffield Wednesday is deep in the mess. The traditional club from England should need a new owner to survive. The good news. He will probably continue to play football first.
Sheffield Wednesday looks back on a story of almost 160 years. There are many highs and many depths for the chroniclers.
Four English champions
In 2011 it looked like the club, which became four times English champion in the first third of the past century, disappeared from the scene. But there was someone who bought The Owls (the owls) for a British pound that took over and repent debts.
Something in the category, be it a potent individual or an investment gathering or a solvent cooperative is currently being sought again.
Sheffield Wednesday, who has been owned by the Thai entrepreneur Dejphon Chansiri since 2015, has been plucked so that the employees and the players have not received salaries in recent months. Other clubs are waiting for outstanding transfer fees.
German coach Röhl escapes
Danny Röhl, once an assistant to Hansi Flick near Bayern Munich and in the German national team, therefore fled as a coach at the end of July.
The players did not compete for a planned test at FC Burnley, and they threatened in an open letter with other strikes.
Danny Röhl was a coach at Sheffield Wednesday from October 2023 to the end of last season.
Start of the season at Leicester City
However, it looks like you should play on Sunday (10.08.2025) for the first champions of the championship. It goes to Leicester City, the relegation from the Premier League. All away cards are out of print, the Sheffield Wednesday Football said on his homepage.
The support of the loyal fans is one of the few good news these days. Another came from the English Football League (EFL) on Wednesday, which organizes professional football below the Premier League.
Transfer lock is extended
This is one of the many bad news that has existed for Sheffield Wednesday in the past few months. The transfer lock was extended until the winter of the 2026/27 season. In addition, strict rules apply what the club may pay in salaries and fees in the coming months.
In its statement, the EFL wrote that it would do everything to support the club and wish for a competitive Sheffield Wednesday.
The association, founded in 1867, is one of the oldest in England. Here is the team that won the FA Cup in 1907.
The message is quite long and also has some friendly formulations for the club and with it “Connected people who are deeply concerned and frustrated”ready. But the tenor is clear: someone who has a lot of money has to be found. Otherwise there will be a new low.