{"id":365364,"date":"2025-08-22T19:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365364\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T19:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:12:14","slug":"sheffield-wednesday-manager-henrik-pedersen-gives-verdict-on-fantastic-josh-windass-after-wrexham-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365364\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Wednesday manager Henrik Pedersen gives verdict on ‘fantastic’ Josh Windass after Wrexham move"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Josh for me is a fantastic guy and he\u2019s a fantastic player. So that he don\u2019t play then we will do him a favour another day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Josh Windass<\/a> is one of the 10 players to have arrived at Wrexham<\/a> this summer, and one of the few to have arrived on a free transfer.<\/p>\n

All the talk this summer has been about Wrexham\u2019s spending, and it\u2019s no wonder why after on Thursday evening Wrexham confirmed the signing of Callum Doyle<\/a> from Manchester City in a deal that has cost owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac<\/a> \u00a38 million.<\/p>\n

And before Doyle it was Nathan Broadhead. Wrexham broke their club record transfer to sign Broadhead<\/a> for \u00a310 million from Championship rivals Ipswich Town. It takes Wrexham\u2019s summer spending beyond the \u00a330 million mark.<\/p>\n

But Windass arrived for nothing and he could well prove to be one of the best signings this summer. On his debut, Windass scored as Wrexham lost 2-1 against Southampton<\/a>. But in the follow-up Championship game against West Brom, Windass picked up a muscle injury<\/a> and the 31-year-old has since been ruled out for up to six weeks.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a real blow for Windass and a real blow for manager Phil Parkinson<\/a> too. And it rules out a potential reunion against Windass\u2019 former club Sheffield Wednesday this weekend.<\/p>\n

\"HenrikPhoto by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty ImagesSheffield Wednesday manager gives his verdict on Josh Windass<\/p>\n

Windass is a modern-day legend at Sheffield Wednesday. In 182 total appearances for the Owls, Windass scored 53 goals, including the winner as Sheffield Wednesday won promotion from League One back in 2023. But amid Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s off-field struggles under owner Dejphon Chansiri<\/a>, Windass was one of the many who chose to leave the club as a free agent this summer, eventually joining Wrexham on a four-year deal.<\/p>\n

Now ruled out for possibly up to two months, Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s new boss Henrik Pedersen has been discussing Windass, whom he worked with whilst number two to Danny Rohl, and Pedersen hailed Windass\u2019 Championship quality and also Windass as a person.<\/p>\n

Pedersen said when asked about his former player: \u201cJosh for me is a fantastic guy and he\u2019s a fantastic player. So that he don\u2019t play then we will do him a favour another day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wrexham\u2019s current injury list ahead of Sheffield Wednesday game<\/p>\n

Wrexham unfortunately boast a pretty sizeable injury list right now, despite it only being two games into the new season. During the summer, Ollie Rathbone picked up an ankle injury<\/a> during the pre-season tour of Australia and New Zealand, and seems to face a bit longer on the sidelines yet.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, joining Rathbone and Windass on the sidelines is another summer signing in George Thomason. Earlier in the pre-season, it was revealed that Thomason has a thigh injury which will keep him out for a while, whilst Jay Rodriguez and Andy Cannon also remain sidelined.<\/p>\n

Also, Liberato Cacace missed Wrexham\u2019s game against West Brom<\/a> with what was described as a minor knock, but the Kiwi has since been selected in New Zealand\u2019s upcoming international team, and so whether or not Cacace features this weekend remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

Losing Windass though is certainly a blow, but thankfully for Parkinson he signed a wealth of quality Championship attackers this summer, and this weekend will no doubt mean the full debut of Broadhead following his \u00a310m signing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh for me is a fantastic guy and he\u2019s a fantastic player. So that he don\u2019t play then…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,53730,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-365364","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-josh-windass","12":"tag-sheffield","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115074010755079247","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365364","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=365364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}