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Sheffield Wednesday will become the \u201cguinea pig\u201d for the new English football regulator if Dejphon Chansiri does not sell the club before November.<\/strong><\/p>\n That is the view of football finance expert Dan Plumley, who told Football Insider<\/strong> that if he were advising the Thai businessman, he would strongly suggest the Owls\u2019 owner take whatever offer is on the table before that decision is taken out of his hands.<\/p>\n Sheffield Wednesday were placed under a transfer embargo<\/a> this summer, and although that restriction was lifted near the end of the window, Ethan Horvath<\/a> and Harry Amass<\/a> were the only signings of the summer. <\/p>\n The club also saw a mass exodus take place from their squad, Josh Windass left to join Wrexham<\/a>, Djeidi Gassama joined Rangers<\/a>, whilst Danny Rohl quit as Sheffield Wednesday boss<\/a> just two weeks before the season began.<\/p>\n An English football regulator is set to be put in place in November, and their first order of business looks likely to involve fixing the mess at Hillsborough.<\/p>\n Speaking to Football Insider<\/strong> exclusively, Plumley<\/a> explained that whilst predicting Chansiri<\/a>\u2018s next move was a fool\u2019s errand, the Thai businessman could be missing out financially if he does not sell the club before November.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cI\u2019ve spent my last 10 years trying to guess what this guy does and doesn\u2019t do, and I think if I were advising him, I\u2019d be suggesting that you need to take a good deal that\u2019s on the table now.<\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n \u201cUltimately, what the regulator will be able to do, and Wednesday will be the guinea pig in many ways if this carries on, but they will have legal powers to be able to force a sale of a club, and what they will do is they will set a price.<\/p>\n \u201cNow, my guess would be that they will get four or five independent valuations, and then they\u2019ll agree on a number that is fair market value, what they expect the club to be worth.<\/p>\n \u201cBut that could be a lot lower than potentially some of the bids that we\u2019re talking about right now, or have done in the past few months. <\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re wanting the owner to see that, and see that actually getting out now is probably going to be more beneficial to him, because the regulator could come in and force his hand, and that would drive down the price.\u201d<\/p>\n Sheffield Wednesday value could plummet if sale does not happen before January<\/p>\n If Chansiri does the unexpected and agrees to a fast sale in order to protect his own self-interests, that could come as a major boost to the Owls.<\/p>\n Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> currently sit 23rd in the Championship table with one point; that solitary point is keeping them above fierce rivals Sheffield United<\/a> as things stand.<\/p>\n But with their rag-tag bunch struggling in the league, it is clear that signings in January are crucial.<\/p>\n Without them, a relegation-bound Wednesday would hold significantly less value than if they can protect their status as a second-tier side.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Wed 17 September 2025 8:30, UK Sheffield Wednesday will become the \u201cguinea pig\u201d for the new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,85598,64536,393,4884,1620,21069,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-431665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-dan-plumley","10":"tag-dejphon-chansiri","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-sheffield","14":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115220793779936326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431665","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=431665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Dejphon](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MixCollage-18-Jun-2025-03-19-PM-499-1024x576.jpg\")
Credit: ImagoEnglish football regulator likely to take control of Sheffield Wednesday<\/p>\n![\"Sheffield](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Henrik-Pedersen-Sheffield-Wednesday-1024x576.png\")
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