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Wednesday\u2019s players refused to feature in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Burnley on Saturday after wages were not paid on time for the fourth time in five months.<\/p>\n

Sheffield Wednesday Supporters\u2019 Trust plans to protest against under-fire owner Dejphon Chansiri during Sunday\u2019s televised match against the Foxes at the King Power Stadium.<\/p>\n

\"SheffieldClub owner Dejphon Chansiri is under pressure to sell Sheffield Wednesday (Martin Rickett\/PA)<\/p>\n

The Owls have sold out their 3,287 ticket allocation for the game.<\/p>\n

Asked if there was a prospect of players going on strike, Bannan, who on Saturday signed a new contract at Hillsborough, told talkSPORT: \u201cNo, I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pulled out of the Burnley game at the weekend, that was simply because it\u2019s happened too much now and I think it\u2019s a lot easier to pull put of a pre-season friendly game than it is a Championship fixture.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve come into training and just got on with it and made it look to the outside world like we\u2019re fine with it, so that was our choice then to say enough\u2019s enough really.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Amid ongoing financial issues stretching back a number of years under the stewardship of Chansiri, Wednesday have endured a summer of chaos.<\/p>\n

The Owls were placed under several EFL embargoes for breaching financial rules and are currently unable to sign players for a fee until January 2027.<\/p>\n

Former manager Danny Rohl initially failed to return for pre-season training before eventually departing by mutual agreement and being replaced by his assistant Henrik Pedersen.<\/p>\n

A host of first-team players have also left South Yorkshire, including Djeidi Gassama, Anthony Musaba, Josh Windass, Callum Paterson and Michael Smith, who collectively scored 37 of the club\u2019s 60 league goals last term.<\/p>\n

\"FormerDanny Rohl left Sheffield Wednesday by mutual agreement on July 29 (Nigel French\/PA)<\/p>\n

In addition, the club have been forced to close Hillsborough\u2019s North Stand after Sheffield City Council issued a prohibition notice following a meeting with the local Safety Advisory Group.<\/p>\n

Bannan, who has made 447 appearances for Wednesday since joining from Crystal Palace in 2015, last spoke to chairman Chansiri on a Zoom call during his summer holiday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just asking the kind of questions that you can imagine about pay and stuff,\u201d said the midfielder.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was really sorry and was trying his best to get us paid as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

\"BarryBarry Bannan, right, joined Sheffield Wednesday in 2015 (Tim Goode\/PA)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all about communication for us going forward. We\u2019ve not had a great deal of communication and that\u2019s what\u2019s really let the players and staff down.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlayers are all right; it\u2019s the staff that we\u2019re having to go in and look at every day who are cooking us meals and cleaners and the little things like that that really affect us as players because they\u2019re not getting any help and they\u2019re really struggling.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re at the top of the ladder and it was a strong stance from us (not to play at Burnley) to say basically this needs to stop and we need a bit of clarity going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bannan anticipates a difficult season, with only 15 first-team players currently remaining amid reports defender Max Lowe has handed in his notice.<\/p>\n

\"JoshJosh Windass, who scored 13 Sky Bet Championship goals last season, is among the players to have left Sheffield Wednesday this summer (Cody Froggatt\/PA)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve obviously lost a lot of good players this summer who were probably our best players and our goal scorers,\u201d said the 35-year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter what happens in the coming weeks, it\u2019s going to be tough because we\u2019re in a race against time now to try and get people in, especially with embargoes.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we\u2019re looking forward to it because it\u2019s a challenge and that\u2019s what you want in football, so we\u2019ll take it head on and see what we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thai businessman Chansiri, who bought Wednesday for a reported \u00a337.5million from Milan Mandaric in 2015, is trying to sell the club and recently confirmed he had turned down a \u00a340m bid.<\/p>\n