Sheffield Wednesday facing race against time to avoid players walking out on Championship club
The club were handed a transfer ban earlier this week
OWL FLIGHT Sheffield Wednesday facing race against time to avoid players walking out on Championship club
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SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY owner Dejphon Chansiri faces a race against time to avoid any of his players walking out at Hillsborough.
Some of them are still owed part of their wages for May and all their pay for June.
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Dejphon Chansiri needs to pay the players of Sheffield Wednesday
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The club can not pay for players until January 2027
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Under Fifa rules those affected could give notice to rip up their contracts if unpaid for two consecutive months in a calendar year.
EFL chiefs have put the Championship club under a transfer embargo until they cough up and bring salaries up to date.
But if they fail to pay those affected players at the end of this month, they run the risk of losing them.
It is not known which players have or not been paid but SunSport understands it is a small group affected.
The club were late with wages in March, but they were paid in full, so that does not count under FIFA regulations, while April was also satisfied.
The EFL announced on Wednesday the Owls will be unable to pay transfer or loan fees until January 2027.
This means they can only go for free transfers or loans with no money changing hands between clubs.
Fans are worried that the chaos could seriously rip the heart out of their club and further rile them against the Thai businessman, who has previously dubbed the supporters as 'selfish'.
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Danny Rohl is unhappy at the club
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German boss Danny Rohl is known to be unhappy about the situation and open to talks with other clubs.
He has been ordered back to England early from his summer holidays to start preparing for the new season and threatened with a hefty fine if he fails to do so.
Rohl believes had Chansiri backed him sufficiently in the January transfer window they would have nabbed one of the play-off spots rather than finishing 10 points adrift.
Meanwhile, former owner Milan Mandaric has jetted to the country for talks to help save his old club.
The Serbian chief was in charge of the Owls between 2010 and 2015 before selling them to the current owner for £37.5million.
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