New Dejphon Chansiri criticism given at Sheffield Wednesday after administrator's wage reveal | OneFootball

Sheffield Wednesday administrator Kris Wigfield has said that the Owls' wage bill is lower than that of some League Two clubs.

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Sheffield Wednesday remain in administration, with Owls supporters nervously waiting to see whether preferred bidder, James Bord, can complete his takeover of the Hillsborough club.

Meanwhile, administrator Kris Wigfield has claimed that some League Two sides have a greater wage bill than Wednesday, and one Championship player is paid more than the South Yorkshire outfit's entire squad.

The Owls' woeful financial situation has severely affected on-field matters, as Henrik Pedersen's men will be relegated to League One this Sunday if they are beaten by Steel City rivals Sheffield United.

Wednesday are searching for their first victory since a win over Portsmouth back in September, and they are unable to successfully plan for next season while they remain in administration.

Dejphon Chansiri blamed for Sheffield Wednesday issues laid bare by Kris Wigfield

Former Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri plunged the Championship outfit into administration, having consistently failed to fulfil his wage obligations.

Following Wigfield's claims that some League Two clubs have a higher wage bill than the Owls and one second-tier player earns more money per week than Pedersen's entire squad, Football League World asked our Wednesday fan pundit, Patrick McKenna, if the latter claim shows the volume of financial disparity in the Championship.

McKenna said: "In regard to Kris Wigfield's claim, I think the fact that some League Two clubs have a higher wage bill than Sheffield Wednesday lies solely at the door of Dejphon Chansiri. He has turned us into an absolute shell of a club who aren't operating at any real sense of the word.

"We have been stripped down to our absolute bare bones. We have such a weak, uncompetitive squad. The wage bill is just another way of highlighting how far away we are from being competitive. Yet again, this is just a legacy of Chansiri here, that we are not competing with some League Two clubs. That is something that really has to sink in.

"Maybe it will serve as a reminder to some Wednesday fans who are kind of demanding the impossible from the players and the team at the minute. There's no doubting that there is financial disparity in the Championship. The whole issue of parachute payments does need to be addressed.

"But the extremity of our situation is down to something else. It's that one man who destroyed the club. While I am not expecting us, in the next few seasons, to have a massive wage bill, it cannot be the case that Sheffield Wednesday have a smaller one than a standard League Two club."

Pedersen has struggled in charge of Wednesday, who scored their first goal of the calendar year in Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Millwall.

That result means that the Owls have suffered 23 losses, while winning just one game in 32 Championship fixtures, and the Hillsborough outfit's next ownership group will likely move Pedersen on.

However, the 48-year-old has been handed an impossible task at a club who have seen several key assets leave in favour of pastures new in both of the last two transfer windows, while the current squad is largely composed of inexperienced players.

Wigfield's claim that some League Two sides have a higher wage bill than Wednesday epitomises the lack of adequate resources Pedersen is working with.