A former Sheffield Wednesday player has ruled out a possible return to S6, despite being out of contract in the summer.
Sheffield Wednesday are certainly on strangers to bringing back former players.
Over the years we’ve seen several players leave Hillsborough, only to come back sooner or later; Sam Hutchinson and Connor Wickham to name a couple of recent examples.
And fans often take to social media to suggest that the Owls should return for certain players who are either available or free agents.
One name who was quite well-liked during his time with Sheffield Wednesday, albeit frustrating at other times, was Saido Berahino.
He’s currently playing for AEL Limassol in Cyprus but he sees his contract expire in the summer.
Saido Berahino quizzed on possible Sheffield Wednesday return
Berahino, now age 30, recently held a Q&A on X, where one fan asked him when he’ll be returning to Sheffield Wednesday.
Berahino responded: “That chapter sadly closed!”
During his time with the Owls, former West Brom and Stoke City attacker Berahino scored nine goals and assisted four more in 36 total appearances.
He was brought to Hillsborough by former West Brom figure Darren Moore in 2021 following Berahino’s fall out at The Hawthorns, and subsequent drop off.
Berahino played for Stoke City and then spent time in Belgium before joining Sheffield Wednesday, later being released at the end of the 2021/22 season.
Last time round, Berahino scored four in 28 league appearances for Limassol, then featuring 10 times in the league season just gone, without scoring.
What next for Saido Berahino
Berahino is another classic case of a player boasting so much potential at a young age, but never fulfilling that potential.
He showed glimpses of a really good player at Sheffield Wednesday but he was too inconsistent, and the Owls didn’t really look back after letting him go on a free transfer.
And his most recent spell in Cyprus maybe tells us all we need to know about Berahino and where he’s at at 30 years old.
He’s struggling for form and struggling to settle down, though there might be a lot of clubs in the lower English leagues who are ready to take a punt on Berahino.
He’s gained a lot of experience in different countries in his career and he might yet have one last club in England, and if he can perform then it would be a fitting return.
A League One or even a League Two club might be ideal for Berahino, who showed not so long ago that he can score goals at League One level.
But Sheffield Wednesday are surely targeting players of a higher calibre under Danny Rohl this summer.
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