{"id":683206,"date":"2026-01-08T22:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/683206\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T22:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:56:24","slug":"hibernian-submit-1m-bid-to-sign-sheffield-wednesday-star-championship-club-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/683206\/","title":{"rendered":"Hibernian submit \u00a31m bid to sign Sheffield Wednesday star, Championship club responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2-Insets-Alternative-5-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hibernian manager David Gray claps with Sheffield Wednesday badge inset\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Imago, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767912983_643_2f351e28fc88420b1a94b5bbb907d2dc.png\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Evan Lloyd\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Thu 8 January 2026 15:57, UK Updated Thu 8 January 2026 16:15, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Hibernian have made an offer to sign Sheffield Wednesday striker Bailey Cadamarteri in the January transfer window.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/supercomputer-makes-new-championship-relegation-prediction-after-west-brom-and-sheffield-united-wins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield Wednesday are set to be relegated from the Championship<\/a> this season and will face foreign interest in several of their players.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/bailey-cadamarteri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cadamarteri<\/a> will be among them, with the 20-year-old having netted twice in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sheffield-wednesdays-new-owner-to-be-named-within-days-as-takeover-update-emerges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield Wednesday are in the midst of a takeover<\/a>, with a consortium led by James Bord and Felix Romer being named as the preferred bidder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wolves-line-up-5m-replacement-for-jorgen-strand-larsen-after-watching-him-score-on-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hibernian striker Kieron Bowie is attracting interest from Wolves<\/a>, and will need replacing if he is to join the relegation-threatened club.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/imago1066327868-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-782070\" \/>Credit: ImagoHibernian move for Bailey Cadamarteri<\/p>\n<p>Cadamarteri is among a number of promising young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/sheffield-wednesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> players who will be the subject of interest in the coming months. <\/p>\n<p>The Owls\u2019 situation is one that clubs will look to take advantage of, with a similar scenario set to play out in the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/northern-ireland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Ireland<\/a> international goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/pierce-charles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pierce Charles<\/a>, who is reportedly the subject of a bid from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/strasbourg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strasbourg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Bailey Cadamarteri<\/td>\n<td>Championship 2025-26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Appearances<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goals<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Expected goals (xG)<\/td>\n<td>4.87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Successful dribbles<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Duels won<\/td>\n<td>99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>According to Alan Nixon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/hibernian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hibernian<\/a> have submitted a bid worth around \u00a31million for Cademerteri. <\/p>\n<p>The journalist reported to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/hibs-bid-for-147734847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patreon<\/a> on Thursday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/scottish-premiership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Premiership<\/a> club hope to take advantage of the situation at Hillsborough, but that they will have to offer more cash. <\/p>\n<p>The bid is less than the one Sheffield Wednesday rejected from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/blackburn-rovers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackburn Rovers<\/a> months ago, and it has been rejected by the Owls\u2019 administrators. Although they may be under pressure to sell a player this month.<\/p>\n<p>Cadamarteri could follow younger brother in Sheffield Wednesday exit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sheffield-wednesday-youngster-follows-caelan-kole-cadamarteri-to-man-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cadamarteri\u2019s brother, Caelan-Kole, left Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> in June, joining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/manchester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester City<\/a>\u2018s academy in a deal reportedly worth around \u00a31.5million.<\/p>\n<p>The 16-year-old had attracted interest from several of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a>\u2018s biggest clubs, and was regarded among the Owls\u2019 best prospects.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35 Manchester City have completed deal to sign Sheffield Wednesday striker Caelan Cadamarteri.<\/p>\n<p>Several clubs wanted U16 striker but he joins <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MCFC<\/a> project for long term plan. Here we go.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1931405260125331608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>His brother may well be ready to join him in leaving now, although his focus will be more on immediate first-team action. <\/p>\n<p>The older brother has already featured and scored for Jamaica\u2019s international team, while the other Cadamarteri has played at the youth level for Scotland.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago, Getty Images Thu 8 January 2026 15:57, UK Updated Thu 8 January 2026 16:15, UK Hibernian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[135093,748,393,4884,32964,1620,21069,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-683206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-bailey-cadamarteri","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-hibernian","13":"tag-sheffield","14":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115861951949768233","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683206","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=683206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}