Sheffield Wednesday look destined to remain under the ownership of Dejphon Chansiri as the latest report on his attempts to sell the club suggests no bidders are getting close to his valuation.
It’s been a summer of turmoil for Sheffield Wednesday fans who have seen their club hit with transfer restrictions after Dejphon Chansiri failed to pay his staff on time.
Those fans have also had to sit back and watch as key players like Anthony Musaba and Djeidi Gassama were sold to raise funds. Even worse, Michael Smith and Josh Windass terminated their own contracts due to the issues at the club.
Chansiri has said he is open to selling the club, but various bidders have come and gone this summer with bids stalling amid claims of a bizarre process behind the scenes.
Photo by VisionhausDejphon Chansiri refuses to budge on Sheffield Wednesday valuation
It is thought Chansiri rejected a $75m offer for Wednesday from Adam Shaw earlier this summer, and talk of Shaw stepping in has gone cold of late.
Now, a report from Alan Nixon on Patreon has shed some light on the state of play, with a claim that Chansiri is still pricing himself out of a sale.
Nixon says Chansiri is standing firm in his valuation, which remains at “a staggering £100 million” despite all the ongoing chaos at the club.
Wednesday are dealing with various punishments from the EFL, with more potentially to come if things continue in the same vein. It’s also thought any potential new owner would inherit an immediate £4m debt from Chansiri.
All of this, twinned with the dwindling squad numbers, calls into question the price tag that Chansiri has set.
Nixon adds that insiders claim Chansiri has dropped his demands from £150m to £100m this summer, but interested parties still see this as being “far too high for any chance of a deal.”
Photo by George Wood/Getty ImagesDoes Dejphon Chansiri really have any intention of selling?
There are some who claim Chansiri is secretly reluctant to sell Sheffield Wednesday, and it’s becoming increasingly likely that they might be right.
It’s been said by many that Chansiri is difficult to deal with at the best of times, and his insistence on that £100m price tag could well see any potential takeover fail to get off the ground.
Fans are desperate for Chansiri to leave, and it does look like the only way for this once great club to have any chance of recovery is for him to move on.
But, with just two weeks left until the season starts, it’s impossible to imagine a world where Chansiri is not still at the helm for that first game at Hillsborough. If so, it’ll be very interesting to see what the fan reception is like, whether he’s in attendance or not.