Sheffield Wednesday takeover news: Bid details revealed, Dejphon Chansiri action, Danny Rohl future | OneFootball

Sheffield Wednesday are in crisis following a chaotic end to the season. But salvation could yet emerge with a takeover, so here's the latest on that.

Sheffield Wednesday are in a state of crisis following their end to the 2024/25 season, which has seen them charged by the EFL over paying their tax bill late and unpaid wages, reject two takeover bids, and even get mentioned in parliament.

Wednesday finished the 2024/25 season in 12th place in the Championship, but events since the end of the season have seen the club unravel.

Owner Dejphon Chansiri is incurring the wrath of supporters over his ownership of the club. Salvation may yet come should the club be sold, but two bids from an American consortium have already been rejected. Here's the latest on what has (and hasn't) been going on at Hillsborough.

Details of those behind the two failed takeover bids have emerged

The Sheffield Star has reported that the main person behind the two takeover bids for the club that have been rejected is John Flanagan, who is reported to have a background in "raising capital and managing money."

But the Star also identifies Adam Shaw as being one of the leading lights behind the group. Shaw was born and raised in Sheffield, and is understood to be a Wednesday fan. He's based in the USA, and has spoken publicly before about his desire to be involved in the purchase of the club.

Details of the bids that were rejected are scant, though we do know that the first one, which was made at the end of April, was rejected by the club as "derisory". The club hasn't commented on why they rejected the second one as well.

EFL charges are already starting to bite

Meanwhile, it has become evident that the club's financial position is far from secure.

They have been charged by the EFL over a failure to pay wages on time at both the end of March and the end of May, while they'd been late paying HMRC last October and were placed under a trasnfer embargo then, as well.

The effects of these charges are already starting to bite. The Sheffield Star has reported that Wednesday have already been placed under a transfer embargo.

They report that "the likelihood – though not definitive – is that the club have also breached the 30-day rule that would result in a three-window transfer restriction." The "30-day rule" penalises clubs who have accrued this amount of late payments for wages or tax bills across the 12-month period of a season, which runs from the 1st July to the 30th June the following year.

The matter has now reached parliament, with Clive Betts, the MP for Sheffield South East, telling the House that Chansiri is holding the club "hostage". Betts, who is a Wednesday fan, told Members that, "He must accept that he needs to sell Wednesday to prevent the complete collapse of the club … we as fans deserve better" and that ""It is clear that Chansiri does not have the ability or resources to fund and invest in Sheffield Wednesday."

The Danny Rohl position remains as unclear as ever

The position of manager Danny Rohl remains completely unclear. With his relationship with Chansiri having broken down, it seems unlikely that he will be returning while the owner is still at the club.

But his own attempts to find a way out of Hillsborough have thus far been unsuccessful. He was pipped to the post for the vacant managerial position at Southampton by Will Still, while the German giants Werder Bremen baulked at the £5 million release clause they'd have needed to pay to hire him.

Chansiri hasn't sacked Rohl, so a state of inertia now exists between the manager and the club. Should the takeover go ahead, there is still a pathway by which Sheffield Wednesday can get themselves back on track for the start of the 2025/26 season. But as things stand, the only thing that can be said about the club is that their current position is completely uncertain.