Football League World
·22 October 2025
Fresh Sheffield Wednesday debt set to arrive - It’s another blow for Dejphon Chansiri

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·22 October 2025
Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri has been handed another financial blow
Sheffield Wednesday are due to make a significant payment to HMRC later this week, in what is set to be another issue for owner Dejphon Chansiri.
The Owls’ perilous situation has taken another grave turn recently, with it reported last week that they had been threatened with a winding-up order by HMRC due to an outstanding debt of around £1m.
An inability to satisfy this payment could result in administration, which would see Wednesday hit with an automatic 12-point penalty and the possibility of owner Dejphon Chansiri being forced out of the club.
2025 has been a year of constant woe for the Owls, with players not receiving payment on time for five of the last seven months, which resulted in key operators such as Josh Windass and Michael Smith leaving Hillsborough for free in the summer, joining Championship rivals Wrexham and Preston North End, respectively.
The Steel City side have been placed under five embargoes for their owner’s financial mismanagement, limiting their transfer business to loan deals for Harry Amass and Ethan Horvath.
With Henrik Pedersen’s side already fighting an uphill battle against relegation, the news of further off-field complications isn’t likely to help matters.
Along with the reported £1 million that Wednesday already owes to HMRC, it is believed that there could be more financial pain the Owls are going to have to take in that regard.
According to the Sheffield Star, a further HMRC payment deadline on October 22 focuses on PAYE fees and is not unique to the Steel City side.
The report states that this new figure will cross into six figures and will be added onto the £1 million debt that Wednesday already owes.
Furthermore, no winding-up petition is believed to have been lodged against the Owls, though it is believed that it would be firmly on the cards if the debt continues to go unpaid without a solution.
Chansiri’s woes have been well documented so far in 2025 and his stubbornness to entertain a sale of the club has led to supporters growing ever more distaste towards their owner.
It has been reported that the Thai businessman is looking for £100m to sell the Steel City side, which is a figure widely accepted as too high for a side in Wednesday’s current position.
The Hillsborough faithful have been defying their ownership this season via a number of methods, which have included not attending fixtures, delaying their entrance to games and mass protests on matchdays.
According to the Sheffield Star, this is costing Chansiri a six-figure sum each game, which is crucial capital the Thai businessman could really do with amid his HMRC woes.
If he is forced out of the club due to administration, then the Owls’ faithful will have well and truly done their part to force their side into a new, Chansiri-less era.