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Fri 8 August 2025 7:00, UK
Dejphon Chansiri has been told he is asking for too much money after the latest update on Sheffield Wednesday’s sad situation.
Wednesday are in a state of complete disarray under the ownership of Chansiri, with fans calling on the Thai businessman to sell the club.
Players and staff at the Sheffield-based club have seen their wages delayed for the past three months, and boycotted a pre-season friendly against Burnley as a result.
Despite the ongoing situation, the squad have agreed to play in Wednesday’s opening game of the EFL Championship season on Sunday (10 August) against Leicester City.
Aston Villa’s former chief Keith Wyness– who served as CEO at Villa Park between 2016 and 2018 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – believes Chansiri is asking for too much money to sell his stake in the Owls.
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This article contains exclusive comment from Keith Wyness, former Everton, Aston Villa, and Aberdeen CEO.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, Wyness insisted that a big reason behind the chaos is the fact that Chansiri has put a lot of his own money into the club, and wants to get some of that back upon selling it.
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Between when the Thai owner bought Wednesday back in 2015, and 2024, the club lost a staggering £178million.
Wyness added that it is very disappointing and a sad situation.
He told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “It’s disappointing, isn’t it? I mean, we’ve all followed the sad situation. The players apparently have just come out saying that they will play in the opening game, although they’ve refused to play in friendlies.
“It’s difficult. It’s also where there may have to be a rule change for the EFL, that if players are not paid by a certain number of weeks, then the club has to undergo an auction process run by the EFL if an owner can’t do it.
“I’ve been through this with Villa where we had an owner who promised the world, and from the February right through to the May, not one penny had arrived in terms of funding and we were stuck in a very difficult situation.
“Apparently he wants over £100m for his shares. I know he’s put money into the club. But I think he probably wants to get too much of the money he’s already put in back.
“That is always the problem with owners who fail. They feel that they’ve put in a huge amount of their own personal wealth and don’t want to lose it all. But at some stage, they’re going to have to swallow it.”
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