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Three of the last four paydays haven't seen the Owls' players receive their wages on time.

Sheffield Wednesday may be hit with an even longer transfer embargo, fines and points deductions after the latest incident of their players not being paid on time.

Yesterday was a potentially cataclysmic day in the recent history of this club. Monday, 30th June, was when the club's playing staff were due their wages for that month, and yet, just like two of the three previous months, they didn't all arrive on time, as per The Star.

This now leaves Wednesday in a very precarious situation. Players who aren't paid for two straight months, as is the case with some of the talent based at Hillsborough, are allowed to hand in notices to their employer to terminate their contracts and leave the club with no repercussions.

They have 15 days after the handing in of said to satisfy any unpaid wages and keep the players from simply walking away from the club.

It's a club-wide issue. Some of Wednesday's regular members of staff haven't been paid their June wages, after a worrying amount of people received their May salaries late. Under-21s players who are under contract for next season have, however, received their due fees, according to The Star.

Sheffield Wednesday face further EFL punishment threat

Wednesday are expected to be referred by the EFL to an independent commission, as per The Guardian. They have already been hit with a three-window transfer ban and two embargoes by the EFL for non-payment of players and failure to pay HMRC on time.

This latest round of late/non-payments puts the South Yorkshire club under serious threat of being further punished. According to The Guardian, the Owls could face a longer transfer embargo, fines and/or points deductions as a result of their fiscal misbehaviour.

Club chairman Dejphon Chansiri is under serious pressure to find the requisite funds needed to keep Wednesday operating. The figure he needs, as reported by Alan Nixon last week, is £5 million.

This could come in the form of a deposit from a potential buyer. He has received two bids from an American consortium. One of its co-leaders, Sheffield-born Adam Shaw, told The Athletic that they were for £48 million and £55 million.

Chansiri later refuted this, claiming they had initially offered just shy of £30 million plus future performance-based add-ons, and then £40 million with similar future add-ons. Regardless, they were both rejected.

Sheffield Wednesday in the midst of nightmare scenario

Describing the state of play at Hillsborough as simply messy would be a gross understatement.

The wretched state that the club now finds itself in, with an owner who suggested that the American bidders might not have been fit to run the club while he failed to pay his staff on time in two of the last three months, now three of the last four, and will only let go of the reins for a seemingly unrealistic figure, is frankly an abomination.

The remaining good bits of Wednesday are slowly being chipped away at. As of now, Barry Bannan is no longer one of their players. The manager, Danny Rohl, has been looking for a way out since April. What will be left at Hillsborough once this whole debacle comes to an end, one way or another, remains to be seen, but there probably won't be much.