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Scottish Sun
16 hours ago
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- Scottish Sun
Wrexham line up ambitious double swoop for two Scotland stars as Celtic hero set to join third club in a YEAR
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) WREXHAM had three Scottish players in their team last season as they continued their rise up the English pyramid and into the English Championship. As things stand, though, there are no Scots in the squad for their Championship push this year - after both Steven Fletcher and Josh Adams left at the end of their contracts, while James Jones quit the club in January. Sign up for the Celtic newsletter Sign up 1 Wrexham co-chairmen Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds Credit: PA The ambitious Welsh team, however, look set to refill their Scottish quota this summer as they are lining up offers for two Scots who have been capped 78 times for the national team combined. SunSport understands Wrexham - owned by Hollywood superstars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney - are eyeing up deals for out-of-contract duo Stuart Armstrong and Barry Bannan. Former Celtic and Dundee United midfielder Armstrong, 33, is on the hunt for the sixth club of his career - and his third in less than a YEAR. He left Southampton after six years at St Mary's last summer when his deal expired and spent a number of weeks without a team before he headed across the pond to link up with old pal Ryan Gauld at Vancouver Whitecaps. Armstrong only penned a short-term deal with the MLS side and headed back to the UK to join Sheffield Wednesday for a few months when that deal expired. And he's a free agent once again as he was released by the Owls when the season finished last month. He played alongside club legend Bannan last season, who is also searching for a new team for the first time in a decade. The 35-year-old, who is Sheffield Wednesday's captain, is also coming to the end of his deal and could be set for one last move before he retires. The Owls have been in talks with the veteran to extend his contract beyond this summer but both parties have yet to reach an agreement. Now newly-promoted Wrexham are plotting to prise the midfielder away from Hillsborough this summer. Wrexham stars including ex-Premier League ace party with Hollywood hunk Channing Tatum after Cambridge draw Should the duo complete the move then they will face their former Sheffield Wednesday team-mates in the league next season. The Owls finished in 12th place last season with both Bannan and Armstrong featuring regularly. Bannan made 45 appearances across all competitions, while Armstrong played 11 times since arriving at the end of January. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
Yahoo
15-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Bannan offered new Owls deal as seven released
Veteran Sheffield Wednesday captain Barry Bannan has been offered a new deal to extend his 10-year stay at Hillsborough. The 35-year-old midfielder is among three Owls players invited to sign new contracts, while seven others have been released by the club. Bannan, who moved to Hillsborough from Crystal Palace in 2015, has made more than 400 league appearances for Wednesday and helped them win promotion back to the Championship two years ago. Striker Callum Paterson and defender Akin Famewo have also been offered new contracts, while the club has taken up options to keep forward trio Anthony Musaba, Michael Smith and Josh Windass. Experienced midfield duo Marvin Johnson and Stuart Armstrong are leaving Wednesday, along with defenders Michael Ihiekwe, Pol Valentin and Ryo Hatsuse. Goalkeeper Ben Hamer departs without making an appearance for the club, while Mallik Wilks, who spent last season on loan at Rotherham, has also been released.
BBC News
14-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Owls captain Bannan calls for cool heads in derby
Sheffield Wednesday captain Barry Bannan has urged his side "not to get caught up in the noise" in Sunday's Steel City derby against Sheffield veteran Scot, 35, has made 400 league appearances for the Owls and is winless in five matches against their city lost the reverse fixture 1-0 at Bramall Lane in November and have not beaten the Blades since February 2012."Both teams are dying to win and put everything on the line," he told BBC Radio Sheffield"I think the most important thing is to stick to the game plan and not get caught up with the noise from outside and whoever does that best will come away with the points."People say it's just another game but's it's not, it means more to the people in Sheffield so we know what's at stake. Obviously the first game was a close one that they nicked in the end."We're back at our place now and we'll come out all guns blazing to try and win the game because it would be a massive three points for us to try and get where we're wanting to."Wednesday come into the match in good form after recording back-to-back away wins at Plymouth last Saturday and Norwich on Owls stayed down south between the two matches and Bannan brought the group into a huddle on the pitch after coming back from 2-0 down to win believes this could be a "pivotal" week as Danny Rohl's men, who are now five points off the top six, look to get back in play-off contention with nine games to go."We'd dropped eight points off the play-offs so we knew it was two massive games before the derby on Sunday that we had to concentrate on."We stayed down there away from families and it was a lot of travelling but it was worth it now because we came away with maximum points and that sets us up."When you get these kind of trips you become closer as a group and I think it was a pivotal moment in the season to come back from 2-0 down at Norwich."I told them I was proud of them and how they had conducted themselves and I just wanted to thank them for their efforts."
