{"id":273713,"date":"2025-07-19T03:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T03:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/273713\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T03:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T03:37:14","slug":"sheffield-wednesday-against-selling-rangers-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/273713\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Wednesday Against Selling Rangers Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> George Wood\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-quote\" style=\"display: block; margin-block-start: 1em; margin-block-end: 1em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin: 30px 0px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/sheffield-wednesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> do not want to lose <a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/rangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rangers<\/a> target Pierce Charles, as the Owls see him as their immediate number 1 ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Ireland goalkeeper is seen as a huge talent at Hillsborough and has no shortage of interested clubs looking at a potential swoop.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charles was involved in Manchester City\u2019s youth system until 2021, before the Owls snapped him up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s financial issues have seen a host of players leave the club, with Josh Windass the latest, <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/07\/18\/ive-heard-derby-and-norwich-in-mix-for-star-who-will-decide-next-week\/688827\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and now the attacking midfielder is wanted by several sides<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now Charles could be another crown jewel taken away from Hillsborough as Rangers, who want to sign another goalkeeper, are keen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jack Butland struggled at Ibrox last season and Russell Martin wants another goalkeeper in through the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Rangers_Jack_Butland2_620_ofg.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brighton\u2019s in-demand goalkeeper Carl Rushworth is someone they want, <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/07\/16\/rangers-move-is-off-for-star-coventry-city-hold-strong-interest-in\/688685\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but a move to Rangers is currently considered to be off<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s talented shot-stopper Pierce has emerged as a top option for the Gers, who have already signed Djeidi Gassama from the Owls.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<tr>\nLevel<br \/>\nYear<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Northern Ireland U17s<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Northern Ireland U19s<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Northern Ireland U21s<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #dddddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">Northern Ireland<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #dddddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">2024-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Pierce Charles at international level<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, according to journalist <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YesWeCrann\/status\/1946196488687656988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Crann<\/a>, Sheffield Wednesday do not want to sell Charles this summer, despite their issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are keen to do all they can to try to hold on to the teenage shot-stopper.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sheff_Wed_Danny_Rohl7_620_ofg.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brighton\u2019s James Beadle, who has joined Birmingham City this summer, was the Owls\u2019 number one choice last campaign, and now, following his departure, Charles is set to be their go-to custodian.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Irish shot-stopper signed a contract extension last summer, which runs until 2027, but the financial situation at Sheffield Wednesday has made the club vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield Wednesday have so far not had any firm offers put on the table for Pierce, even though there have been enquiries.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Owls currently have a thin first team squad and unless there is a serious turnaround at Hillsborough, will be favourites to be relegated from the Championship in the new campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There also still remain question marks about the future of highly rated manager Danny Rohl.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Wood\/Getty Images \u00a0 Sheffield Wednesday do not want to lose Rangers target Pierce Charles, as the Owls&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-273713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114877815048492935","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}