Carlos Carvalhal reveals Dejphon Chansiri mistake that haunted Sheffield Wednesday | OneFootball

Carlos Carvalhal has opened up on life as Sheffield Wednesday boss under Dejphon Chansiri

Carlos Carvalhal has opened up on one aspect of working as Sheffield Wednesday boss during Dejphon Chansiri's ownership, which he found challenging.

Chansiri is deservedly a greatly unpopular figure among Owls supporters, having dragged the South Yorkshire outfit into administration earlier this term.

Because of the disqualified owner's actions, the Hillsborough Stadium outfit were deducted 18 points by the EFL, which saw them relegated to League One by February.

Wednesday have subsequently been bought by David Storch's Arise Capital Partners consortium, and are vying to battle at the right end of the third-tier table next term.

Carlos Carvalhal reveals one of the Sheffield Wednesday mistakes Dejphon Chansiri made

Chansiri will ultimately be remembered as the man whose reckless actions drove Wednesday into administration, which would have been an existential threat if Storch hadn't come to the rescue.

However, the Owls did qualify for the Championship play-offs during Chansiri's reign in both 2016 and 2017, when Carvalhal was in charge of the first team.

Wednesday reached the play-off final in 2016, where they were beaten 1-0 by this year's finalists, Hull City.

The S6 club had talented players on their books during Carvalhal's time in charge, such as Fernando Forestieri, who went on to join Udinese on a free transfer in 2020.

According to The Sun, Fulham made a £12million bid for Forestieri in 2017, but Chansiri chose to keep the forward, rather than making a handsome profit on him.

Discussing that decision, and Chansiri's general attitude towards selling players, Carvalhal told the Sheffield Star: "If you ask me about if I think that everything was in good direction, I will say that you don't do this because you want to do bad.

"You want to do the best, but the mentality that he bring, don't sell the players, because he said all the time, the players are like my sons and I don't never sell my sons.

"That made things, in my opinion, in business a little more difficult to him and to everybody. But he didn't do that because he is a bad person, or he wants to do bad to the club. It is because his mentality, that he truly believed that, this is my sense.

"But you know, football is different. You must be dynamic. You must sell one or two players in first season, in the second season, but it was in another direction."

Carlos Carvalhal got the best out of Fernando Forestieri

Wednesday supporters fondly remember Carvalhal's time in charge of their club because he led them to the Championship play-offs for two consecutive seasons.

Forestieri was a major contributing factor towards that success, as he notched 15 goals and six assists during the 2015/16 second-tier campaign.

The former Watford winger produced a similarly impressive return of 12 goals and five assists in the 2016/17 season, as his strong individual form under Carvalhal continued.

He then suffered a severe knee injury in September 2017, which meant that he made just 10 Championship appearances in the 2017/18 campaign, although he did score five goals in that time.

Meanwhile, Carvalhal left the Owls and joined Swansea City in December 2017.