{"id":886396,"date":"2026-04-11T07:28:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/886396\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T07:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:28:25","slug":"henrik-pedersen-has-done-amazing-job-amid-sheffield-wednesday-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/886396\/","title":{"rendered":"Henrik Pedersen Has Done \u2018Amazing\u2019 Job Amid Sheffield Wednesday Turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fi-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sheffield Wednesday manager Henrik Pedersen at Hillsborough\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Manh Tung, Breaking Media<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20210903_163509-150x150.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Ciaran Morrison\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Sat 11 April 2026 7:30, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Henrik Pedersen deserves the opportunity to manage Sheffield Wednesday in League One, according to Keith Wyness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former Everton chief executive, speaking to <strong>Football Insider<\/strong>, \u201cwould be surprised\u201d if Pedersen was not the Owls boss next season.<\/p>\n<p>Pedersen took on his first managerial position in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/efl-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Championship<\/a> this season in extraordinary circumstances as Sheffield Wednesday fell into administration in October and continue to try and finalise a takeover deal off the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>The Yorkshire club have been deducted a total of 18 points this season, and they will face a 15-point deduction in League One next campaign if a takeover, led by David Storch, is completed. <\/p>\n<p>Sheffield Wednesday have only won one Championship game all season, with their relegation to League One having been confirmed since a derby defeat to Sheffield United in February.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Henrik Pedersen has been \u2018unlucky\u2019 at Sheffield Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>Everton\u2019s former chief Keith Wyness \u2013 who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs \u2013 has praised the job Pedersen has done in tough circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the new edition of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7Atmejn4fSX2w7S8NBVKdv?si=89bd84059df14189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football Insider<\/strong>\u2018s Inside Track podcast<\/a>, Wyness thinks that the 48-year-old has \u201chandled himself with dignity\u201d this season.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Games Managed<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Games Won<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Games Drawn<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Games Lost<\/td>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goals Scored<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goals Conceded<\/td>\n<td>91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Henrik Pedersen\u2019s managerial stats at Sheffield Wednesday this season in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>He told\u00a0<strong>Football Insider<\/strong>\u2018s Inside Track podcast: \u201cI would be surprised if they did anything\u00a0other than stick with Pedersen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve\u00a0got to keep that thread of continuity. He\u2019s\u00a0done an amazing job to keep the players motivated. We know\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0been losing games, but they\u2019ve\u00a0been putting up some good performances and they\u2019ve\u00a0been unlucky in a few situations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the pressure\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0under, and the whole movement around the club,\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0done a superb job as manager. He\u2019s\u00a0been very serious, with a balanced head on his\u00a0shoulders\u00a0and\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0spoken well. He\u00a0deserves that chance to be given some resources and move on. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHenrik Pedersen\u00a0is the right choice. The fans would get behind that, because\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0handled himself with dignity, and he has proven that he deserves that chance.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield Wednesday face summer setback as Rangers eye up standout player<\/p>\n<p>Pedersen could be hit with a blow at Sheffield Wednesday in the summer transfer window if he remains in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Rangers have been linked with a move for goalkeeper Pierce Charles, and the Glasgow club are managed by former Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Football Insider<\/strong> took a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/pierce-charles-who-is-sheffield-wednesday-goalkeeper-linked-with-ibrox-move-after-rangers-transfer-news-latest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deep dive into Charles\u2019 career<\/a> so far, with the 20-year-old seen as one of the club\u2019s brightest prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Charles was the star as Sheffield Wednesday earned a draw with Leicester last time out, making 11 saves to deny the Foxes all three points at Hillsborough.<\/p>\n<p> \ud83c\udfc6 Championship Insider Access <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 20px 0; color: #ffffff; font-size: 15px; opacity: 0.9;\">Get the full story from across the EFL with our dedicated expert hubs:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #caac5c;\">Updated 24\/7 with expert analysis from across the EFL Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Manh Tung, Breaking Media Sat 11 April 2026 7:30, UK Henrik Pedersen deserves the opportunity to manage&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,118044,1620,21069,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-886396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-keith-wyness","12":"tag-sheffield","13":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116384899514536718","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886396","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=886396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}