Sheffield Wednesday really got it wrong with transfer - Danny Rohl didn't see what Wayne Rooney did | OneFootball

Ibrahim Cissoko impressed during his time at Plymouth Argyle under Wayne Rooney, but he failed to deliver after his loan move to Sheffield Wednesday.

Dejphon Chansiri's reign at Sheffield Wednesday was filled with underwhelming signings, and winger Ibrahim Cissoko will certainly go down as one of those.

Chansiri's turbulent decade-long tenure at Hillsborough came to an end in October when he put the club and company through which he owned the stadium into administration following months of financial turmoil, and his exit was greeted by celebration from many Wednesday supporters.

In Chansiri's defence, he did provide the funds for plenty of successful signings in the early stages of his time as owner, such as Fernando Forestieri and Gary Hooper, as the Owls came desperately close to promotion to the Premier League, but it would be something of an understatement to say his overall record in the transfer market was mixed.

Many Wednesday fans would regard the likes of Almen Abdi and Jordan Rhodes as not just two of the worst signings of the Chansiri era, but possibly in the club's history given their hefty price tags, and expensive signings like those contributed significantly to future financial problems.

While he will not be viewed as quite as much of a flop as Abdi or Rhodes, Cissoko is another signing that the Owls faithful will be desperate to forget, with the winger enduring a miserable loan spell in S6 in the second half of last season.

Ibrahim Cissoko deal looked to be a coup for Sheffield Wednesday after Plymouth Argyle spell

It may feel like a lifetime ago given what the club have experienced in recent months, but Wednesday were firmly in play-off contention when the January transfer window opened last season after a strong first half of the campaign under former manager Danny Rohl.

However, Rohl became embroiled in a bitter public dispute with Chansiri in January after being denied a move to Southampton the previous month, and the pair did not resolve their differences until late in the window, leaving the Owls scrambling around for last-minute signings.

It looked as though Wednesday had at least managed to salvage some of their transfer window when they signed former Southampton midfielder Stuart Armstrong on a free transfer before bringing in winger Cissoko on loan from French side Toulouse.

Cissoko had spent the first half of the season on loan at the Owls' fellow Championship side Plymouth Argyle, and he enjoyed a bright spell at Home Park as he scored three goals and provided two assists in 15 appearances.

The highlight of Cissoko's time with the Pilgrims came when he netted a double in a memorable 3-1 home victory over Luton Town, and he was certainly one of the main shining lights during Wayne Rooney's nightmare spell in charge of the Devon outfit.

However, after being sent off in a 5-0 defeat at Cardiff City in October, Cissoko then missed over two months with a groin injury, and he only made a handful of further substitute appearances under new manager Miron Muslic before his loan deal was terminated, which allowed him to join Wednesday.

While Cissoko's decline in form should perhaps have been a red flag in hindsight, he certainly showed enough potential during his spell at Plymouth to suggest that he could be a real asset for Wednesday in their pursuit of a play-off place.

Despite Rooney's managerial limitations, he managed to get the best out of Cissoko during his time at Home Park, but many believed that the 22-year-old would kick on even further at Hillsborough under Rohl, who is widely regarded as a much better coach than the former England international.

However, Rohl did not manage to inspire anywhere near the same level of performances from Cissoko as Rooney did, with the winger failing to make any kind of impact during a hugely disappointing spell with the Owls.

In fact, Cissoko made just five substitute appearances for Wednesday, with his overall time on the pitch totalling just 51 minutes, and he was left out of the matchday squad altogether for eight of the last nine games of the season.

Like Owls supporters, Rohl was clearly not impressed by what he saw from Cissoko during his brief cameos off the bench, and given that his side's play-off push collapsed during a poor second half of the season, it was telling that he did not give the Dutchman more of an opportunity, despite the lack of form of many of his other attackers.

Cissoko returned to English football this summer when he joined League One side Bolton Wanderers on loan, and while he has yet to find his form with the Trotters, he raised eyebrows with a recent interview, in which he described himself as "an exciting winger" and claimed that "players like me you come to the stadium for".

There is no doubt that, on his day, Cissoko can be a handful for opposition defences, but Wednesday