{"id":470259,"date":"2025-10-03T05:08:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/470259\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T05:08:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:08:30","slug":"premier-league-clubs-eye-ernie-weaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/470259\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League clubs eye Ernie Weaver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> prospect Ernie Weaver is being tracked closely by Premier League clubs, according to The Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> would have hoped to embark on the 2025\/26 season with a squad of more established first-team players.<\/p>\n

However, the financial issues and subsequent transfer embargoes prevented SWFC from recruiting new faces. In fact, only loan men Ethan Horvath<\/a> and Harry Amass<\/a> were signed in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n

\"Sheffield<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of: CRAIG BROUGH\/REUTERS.<\/p>\n

As a result, Henrik Pedersen has relied heavily on the Owls\u2019 academy for reinforcements. Not only have youth players regularly made up the numbers on the bench, but a handful have found starting berths too.<\/p>\n

Among the latter is Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> teenager Ernie Weaver, and his impressive performances have not gone unnoticed.<\/p>\n

According to a report from The Star<\/a>, Premier League clubs are starting to show interest in the promising 19-year-old. It is said that top-flight scouts have been attending games to watch Weaver in action, and they are closely monitoring his situation at Hillsborough as a result.<\/p>\n

Weaver signed a professional SWFC contract in the summer<\/a>, running until 2026. It also includes an extension option, removing the risk of him leaving for nothing. It isn\u2019t doing anything to fend off admirers, however.<\/p>\n

None are named, but Weaver\u2019s displays are attracting growing interest.<\/p>\n

Ernie Weaver\u2019s Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> stats \u2013 via Transfermarkt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\nGames<\/strong><\/td>\nMinutes played<\/strong><\/td>\nClean sheets<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n8<\/td>\n534<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> deal won\u2019t be enough to fend off Ernie Weaver vultures<\/p>\n

Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> should be glad they\u2019ve got Weaver tied down to a professional contract. He had emerged as a highly rated prospect tipped for a breakthrough, even if perhaps not this soon.<\/p>\n

However, unfortunately for clubs in positions like Wednesday\u2019s, contracts don\u2019t always offer enough to get true value from an asset.<\/p>\n

\"SWFC<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of: ED SYKES\/REUTERS.<\/p>\n

Premier League sides will be eyeing Weaver as a great talent they can pick up on the cheap. It might not be on a free, but the position SWFC find themselves in means they don\u2019t really have a leg to stand on in negotiations with everyone knowing just how much they need injections of cash.<\/p>\n

It proved the case with Djeidi Gassama, who left for Rangers for just \u00a32.2m<\/a>. Other bargains are there to be had, and those interested in Weaver will be more than aware of that.<\/p>\n

Academy kids stepping up for Henrik Pedersen<\/p>\n

Amidst all the uncertainty and adversity off the pitch, manager Henrik Pedersen has given Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> fans a team they can be proud of. Leading stalwarts Barry Bannan and Liam Palmer have been workhorses in midfield<\/a>, while Svante Ingelsson<\/a> has stepped up after an unassuming debut campaign.<\/p>\n

The emergence of young stars has aided the SWFC fight too. Alongside Weaver, several prospects are catching the eye.<\/p>\n

George Brown has two goals in as many Championship games and is now the club\u2019s joint-top scorer. Pierce Charles was continuing as number one before injury, while Gabriel Otegbayo, Reece Johnson and Sean Fusire have stepped up too.<\/p>\n

Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> FAQs<\/p>\n

Can Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> sign any players?<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Though embargoes often only impact the first-team, Henrik Pedersen recently confirmed they are struggling to sign players at academy level too. Long-term trialists have remained unsigned.<\/p>\n

Is a Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> takeover close?<\/strong> <\/p>\n

No concrete reports of takeover talks are circulating. Investment has been discussed to help Dejphon Chansiri, but there are no indications he will be bought out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheffield Wednesday prospect Ernie Weaver is being tracked closely by Premier League clubs, according to The Star. Sheffield…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,9030,393,156589,4884,101,1620,21069,10381,110679,110680,110681,110682,2357,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-470259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-championship","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-ernie-weaver","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-sheffield","15":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","16":"tag-sheffield-wednesday-fc","17":"tag-sheffield-wednesday-fc-news","18":"tag-sheffield-wednesday-news","19":"tag-swfc","20":"tag-swfc-news","21":"tag-transfers","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115308508713229128","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470259","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=470259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}