New John Textor update emerges after Sheffield Wednesday takeover miss | OneFootball

The former Crystal Palace owner may have been a dodged bullet after by from the Owls...

With Sheffield Wednesday now under the brand new ownership of David Storch and Arise Capital Partners, a new era is set to get underway at Hillsborough, with the American coming out on top against several other interested parties.

Over the course of the six-month period that the Owls were in administration for, a number of names cropped up that claimed or were reported to be interested in saving the stricken South Yorkshire outfit. Some were local figures like entrepreneur Ryan Howsam, who was exploring a move for the club with Simon Jordan involved, whilst ex-Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley also circled for a time.

James Bord's failed bid for the club was also big news, as it seemed like the former poker player was set to splash out a whopping £47.8 million on Wednesday, only to pull out when it came to light that he had grossly overvalued the assets he was set to pay for.

Prior to the administration process though, John Textor was the main name that was being linked with a buyout of Wednesday, having had talks with Dejphon Chansiri after selling his stake in Crystal Palace, leaving him free to invest elsewhere in English football.

Despite the interest, Textor's curiosity never amounted to anything more during the administration period, and the American's name seemed to float away from proceedings after the aforementioned Bord named as the initial preferred bidder on Christmas Eve 2025.

John Textor update drops - Eagle Football Holdings set to be struck off

It all went quiet with Textor, but his name has returned to the fore this week - and not for the right reasons.

As noticed by football financial expert Kieran Maguire, Textor's 'Eagle Football Holdings' companies has been given a 'strike off notice' by Companies House, and it can also be seen on April 17 that the addresses of all directors involved with the company were changed to that of Companies House themselves.

Eagle Football Holdings (EFH) is set to be struck off due to their financial accounts being extremely late - the ones that were due to be made up to June 30, 2024 and submitted by the end of March 2025 were never submitted, and Companies House are now taking action by shutting down Textor's company in the United Kingdom as a result.

EFH was the company that Textor owned a significant share of Crystal Palace through, and whilst it continues to be active overseas with Brazilian outfit Botafogo, Belgian second tier club RWDM Brussels and French giants Lyon, it looks like it will be no more within English football very soon, although it's unclear as to whether Companies House's actions will affect their foreign business.

Sheffield Wednesday appear to have had a lucky escape with John Textor

When Textor's interest in Sheffield Wednesday was revealed back in 2025, there was somewhat of a mixed reaction - he evidently had money to spend after selling his Crystal Palace stake to Woody Johnson, but there were also concerns over how he was being seen over in Brazil, where he wasn't exactly a popular figure with Botafogo.

Textor never really became a serious person of interest in the battle to save the Owls from administration - and it's perhaps for the best that it didn't happen now.

Eagle Football Holdings and Textor either have financial issues or have left the company to just rot in the UK after not pursuing Wednesday, and unless the 2023-24 accounts come within the next couple of weeks, then it's likely that it will be dissolved.

And in David Storch, Wednesday now appear to have a committed and genuine owner that is enthusiastic for the task at hand - he's really bought into the ethos at Hillsborough and there's no guarantee that Textor would've done that.