{"id":313477,"date":"2025-08-03T03:05:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T03:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/313477\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T03:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T03:05:18","slug":"sheffield-wednesday-star-signs-shock-new-deal-hours-after-emotional-post-amid-club-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/313477\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Wednesday star signs shock new deal hours after emotional post amid club crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barry Bannan isn’t leaving Hillsborough any time soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Scottish midfielder put to bed any speculation surrounding his future as he penned a new deal to remain at Sheffield Wednesday.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bannan has blocked out the noise to sign a new deal with Sheffield WednesdayCredit: PA<\/p>\n

Speaking to the club site, Bannan conceded being out of contract for the first time in his career was ‘hard’.<\/p>\n

But deep down, the 35-year-old ‘always knew’ he wanted to stay put in S6 despite the Owls’ myriad of financial issues.<\/p>\n

“I’ve made it clear over the years my love for the club and the love I receive back,” Bannan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis club is a big part of me and my family, who are with me here today as I\u2019m signing. They will always stand by me with whatever decision I make and I\u2019ve decided to stay.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the season getting closer, this last week has been tough because there was interest from elsewhere and I had a lot to think about.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a lot of conversations as a family and when I told my daughter Elsie that I might be leaving she started crying. <\/p>\n

“Then last night when I told her I was staying she started crying again. I asked her why and she said they are just happy tears.\u201d<\/p>\n

Confirmation of Bannan’s new deal came hours after he posted an emotional message on social media.<\/p>\n

On Instagram, Bannan posted six blue hearts along with the caption: “Remember, no storm lasts forever. Hold on. Be brave. Have faith. Every storm is temporary and we’re never alone.”<\/p>\n

Although Owls fans were quick to express their adoration for Bannan on social media, it is only a small sliver of comfort in what has been a truly troubling few months for the club.<\/p>\n

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The Scot has made nearly 450 appearances for the Owls across his decade-long stintCredit: GettyWhat’s gone wrong at Sheffield Wednesday?<\/p>\n

A friendly against Burnley on Saturday was cancelled<\/a> due to a boycott from players and coaching staff as they had not received their July wages on time. <\/p>\n

Wednesday players were informed this week their wages would be delayed for the third month in a row and the fourth time since March.<\/a><\/p>\n

It leaves new Owls boss Henrik Pedersen and his troops desperately short of a gallop going into their upcoming Championship campaign.<\/p>\n

Pedersen, who took over from Danny Rohl after he mutually parted ways with the club<\/a>, has less than 10 players aged over 25 at the club.<\/p>\n

Wednesday were also forced to lodge a request to the EFL for their season opener to be played away from home due to the state of the North Stand at Hillsborough.<\/p>\n

The Owls were hit with a prohibition notice from the Sheffield city council following an assessment which deemed the North Stand was not safe for spectator use.<\/p>\n

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It has been a rather troubling time for the Owls in recent yearsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s stadium issues mean they will begin their 2025\/26 Championship campaign away to Leicester City on August 10.<\/p>\n

The embattled club also remain under an EFL transfer embargo<\/a> for unpaid transfer fees, meaning they have been unable to add any players this summer.<\/p>\n

However, 14 players have departed with the majority having done so after their contracts expired or they were terminated by mutual consent.<\/p>\n

Winger Djeidi Gassama was sold to\u00a0Rangers<\/a>\u00a0in the only deal which involved a fee while Josh Windass ripped up his deal to move to Wrexham<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barry Bannan isn’t leaving Hillsborough any time soon. The Scottish midfielder put to bed any speculation surrounding his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[48010,748,9030,6092,23712,393,8641,4884,2998,1620,21069,114296,114295,114297,16,15,8642],"class_list":{"0":"post-313477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-barry-bannan","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-championship","11":"tag-contract","12":"tag-efl","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-football-news","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-latest","17":"tag-sheffield","18":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","19":"tag-sheffield-wednesday-finances","20":"tag-sheffield-wednesday-transfer-embargo","21":"tag-sheffield-wednesday-transfers","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-updates"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114962623643399785","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313477","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=313477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}