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BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
'Is it time to hear from Owls chairman?'
Another week has passed and there's still no resolution to the situation involving unpaid wages at Sheffield Wednesday. Player and staff salaries were due in full on 30 May. The players are subtly making their thoughts known. On Tuesday, Marvin Johnson posted a GIF of Mr Bean looking at his watch, days after Di'Shon Bernard used a famous Jose Mourinho meme to make a point on social media. There are probably many people at Hillsborough, especially non-footballing staff, who would love to say what's on their mind but can' worst thing about all of this is the total lack of clarity. The unknown. Not having your full wages paid on time is bad enough. Having no idea if or when you'll receive them can be devastating. Mortgages, rent, food bills. This goes beyond anything you typically cover in football. This is a far more serious club released a 59-word statement on 3 June, including an apology by chairman Dejphon Chansiri. There's been no public comment what's going on? Is there any money left to keep this club going? When will people be paid? What happens when June wages are due or the latest tax bill? Does the club face any further sanctions on top of a three transfer window fee-paying ban?Is the chairman actively trying to sell the club? What is he actually doing at the moment? Is administration a possibility?Even if a financial solution is forthcoming — and let's be right, at the moment there's very little to indicate that's the case other than a potential sale of youngster Caelan-Kole Cadamarteri to Manchester City to act as a temporary stop-gap solution — what has this whole episode done for morale both within the club and on the playing side of things? How badly has this impacted the reputation of Sheffield Wednesday within the game?We have requested to speak with Chansiri but he hasn't done a broadcast interview with the BBC since 4 November 2020. With so many questions unanswered (way more than discussed in this short piece) is it time for that to change? Do the players, staff and supporters need to hear from the man running this club?
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
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 35-year-old midfielder is among three Owls players invited to sign new contracts, while seven others have been released by the 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 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 midfield duo Marvin Johnson and Stuart Armstrong are leaving Wednesday, along with defenders Michael Ihiekwe, Pol Valentin and Ryo 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.
