{"id":339587,"date":"2025-08-12T22:34:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T22:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/339587\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T22:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T22:34:16","slug":"sheffield-wednesday-face-heavyweight-competition-for-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/339587\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Wednesday Face Heavyweight Competition For Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> Ben Roberts Photo\/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;\">Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven are now in the race for <a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> left-back Harry Amass, who <a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/sheffield-wednesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> are trying to sign.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Owls have been experiencing massive financial troubles, which has seen them get a transfer embargo for the upcoming three transfer windows.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, they are still allowed to make free transfers and loan deals that do not involve any loan fees.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield Wednesday put in an encouraging performance under Henrik Pedersen in their <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Championship<\/a> opener against Leicester City at the weekend as they lost 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are keen to try to back Pedersen if they can and are looking to hand him reinforcements before the transfer window closes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sheffield_Wednesday_Henrik_Pedersen_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United\u2019s young left-back Amass <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/08\/08\/sheffield-wednesday-looking-to-land-defensive-starlet\/690823\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is a player Sheffield Wednesday have been keen to add<\/a>, but they are now facing major competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Dutch journalist <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RikElfrink\/status\/1955314798373097781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rik Elfrink<\/a>, Eredivisie giants PSV Eindhoven are showing interest in the England Under-18 international.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<tr>\nGame<br \/>\nDate<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=\"\">Stoke City (H)<\/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=\"\">16\/08<\/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=\"\">Wrexham (A)<\/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=\"\">23\/08<\/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=\"\">Swansea City (H)<\/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=\"\">30\/08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s next three league games<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It has been suggested that a handful of clubs are trying to sign the high-rated left-back before the window closes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are suggested to not be willing to let him leave easily, but they could look favourably upon a loan.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/General_Fans4_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch champions will be playing in the Champions League this season and that could be a major draw for Amass, but whether PSV fancy a loan is unclear.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, if he is allowed to make a loan move to the Owls, he could become a starter for them week in, week out.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now it remains to be seen where Manchester United will decide to send Amass, as the transfer window will be closing in less than three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another Red Devils youngster, in the shape of Toby Collyer, is on Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s radar, <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/08\/11\/sheffield-wednesday-face-further-competition-for-loan-target\/690992\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hull City are giving them competition for the midfielder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Roberts Photo\/Getty Images \u00a0 Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven are now in the race for Manchester United left-back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-339587","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\/115018181406661052","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339587","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=339587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}