{"id":583437,"date":"2025-11-20T22:37:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/583437\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T22:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:37:18","slug":"deep-pockets-11-bidders-eyeing-sheffield-wednesday-takeover-issued-strong-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/583437\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Deep pockets’ – 11 bidders eyeing Sheffield Wednesday takeover issued strong warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parties interested in buying Sheffield Wednesday must be prepared to spend big on bolstering the squad and stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s according to football finance expert Stefan Borson, who says there are 11 bidders looking to take over the stricken EFL<\/a> club.<\/p>\n

Simon Jordan reveals what he thinks Sheffield Wednesday are currently worth!\"Sheffield<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wednesday are in administration but awaiting new ownersCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Wednesday<\/a> were placed into administration<\/a> last month after years of financial struggles under the ownership of Dejphon Chansiri.<\/p>\n

The Championship<\/a> side owe around \u00a31million to HMRC in unpaid tax and were docked 12 points in the second tier of English football.<\/p>\n

However, whilst Wednesday look set for relegation to League One, their administration has effectively ended Chansiri’s troubled reign.<\/p>\n

Fans also flocked to their club megastore for tickets and merchandise<\/a> to show their support amid an uncertain future.<\/p>\n

Speaking on White and Jordan, Borson revealed that there’s plenty of interest in Wednesday ahead of their new dawn.<\/p>\n

However, he warned bidders of the need to deliver heavy spending in order to revitalise the club once a takeover has been completed.<\/p>\n

Wednesday takeover update<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I’m working with one of the bidders. There are a number of bidders in play, a number of credible players around,” Borson said.<\/p>\n

“Apparently, there’s 11 that have given proof of funds for \u00a350m of liquid assets. That is a serious process, and there is serious interest.<\/p>\n

“The issue is actually that you can’t just look at the headline price here. This is a club that’s not had a lick of paint for quite some time and by the end of this season it will be in League One. <\/p>\n

“It will have almost no squad and it will have a stadium that needs significant spending. So anybody that comes in is going to have to have deep pockets.<\/p>\n

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Borson says there are 11 bidders interested in purchasing the clubCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“I think the people that are circling do have deep pockets, but it is not going to be a cheap deal for anybody. The challenges are great. <\/p>\n

“Getting out of League One and putting Sheffield Wednesday where they want to be back in the Premier League is not going to be a simple journey.”<\/p>\n

How the Chansiri era fell apart<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, who were playing Premier League football at the turn of the century, were bought by Thai businessman Chansiri in 2015.<\/p>\n

He vowed to get them promoted from the Championship to the top flight within two years, but this never came to fruition.<\/p>\n

The Owls were eventually dealt their financial woes with outstanding debt and late wage payments.<\/p>\n

Chansiri controversially called for fans to raise \u00a32m to help deal with their cashflow issues in October 2023.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday fans continuously protested against Chansiri and his reign as ownerCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Further late payments were accompanied by registration embargoes, as well as transfer window sanctions until the beginning of 2026.<\/p>\n

Shortly before the beginning of the 2025\/26 season, manager Danny Rohl left<\/a> and players refused to play in a pre-season friendly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The North Stand at Hillsborough was closed amid safety fears, and fans staged a mock funeral<\/a> before their first home match.<\/p>\n

They also invaded the pitch<\/a> during their Championship clash at home to Coventry City in October in further protest against the ownership.<\/p>\n

Players also threatened to strike<\/a>, with wages not being paid for the fifth time in seven months.<\/p>\n

Wednesday are bottom of the Championship on minus four points, 17 points from safety, and face rivals Sheffield United on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parties interested in buying Sheffield Wednesday must be prepared to spend big on bolstering the squad and stadium.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[116956,748,393,4884,1620,21069,50703,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-583437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-bidders","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-sheffield","13":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","14":"tag-takeover","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115584425496378778","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583437","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=583437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}