{"id":594739,"date":"2025-11-26T09:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/594739\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T09:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:56:14","slug":"sheffield-uniteds-owners-made-shock-enquiry-in-sheffield-wednesday-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/594739\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United\u2019s owners made shock enquiry in Sheffield Wednesday sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield United\u2019s American owners reportedly made a shock inquiry about the sale of Sheffield Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2025\/11\/25\/sheffield-united-us-owners-sheffield-wednesday-sale-inquiry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Telegraph;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the Telegraph<\/a>, the COH Sports\u2019 representatives were among 80 different parties who made initial inquiries to Wednesday\u2019s administrators.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>One interested party proposed merging the two clubs, despite their huge rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>They met in the Championship at Hillsborough on Sunday, with United comfortably winning 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the derby win, the Blades remain in the relegation zone with 13 points from 16 matches.<\/p>\n<p>United\u2019s fortunes have declined since last season\u2019s Championship play-off final defeat, with the club\u2019s ownership facing scrutiny from supporters.<\/p>\n<p>COH Sports\u2019 interest in purchasing their rival club will further infuriate their fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday currently owes HMRC \u00a31 million in unpaid taxes. They <a href=\"https:\/\/footballtoday.com\/2025\/10\/24\/sheffield-wednesday-face-points-deduction-after-filing-administration-notice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:were placed into administration in October;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">were placed into administration in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Owls were hit with a 12-point deduction for entering administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/footballtoday.com\/2025\/10\/27\/sheffield-wednesday-face-further-points-deductions-over-paying-wages-late\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:with the club facing further points deductions over rule breaches;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">with the club facing further points deductions over rule breaches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They are under several transfer embargoes imposed during Dejphon Chansiri\u2019s reign due to late payments.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the club\u2019s current state, numerous parties are interested in taking over.<\/p>\n<p>Former Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley is considering a bid, but he hasn\u2019t made a formal offer yet.<\/p>\n<p>American billionaire John McEvoy is among the leading candidates. He already holds ownership stakes in the Nashville Predators (NHL) and Colorado Rockies (MLB).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheffield United\u2019s American owners reportedly made a shock inquiry about the sale of Sheffield Wednesday. According to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[186978,748,32286,393,4884,186979,3047,1620,4239,21069,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-594739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-american-owners","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-colorado-rockies","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-nashville-predators","14":"tag-newcastle-united","15":"tag-sheffield","16":"tag-sheffield-united","17":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115615405497981147","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594739","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=594739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}