Alan Nixon has revealed the latest stance that Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri has on a potential sale of the club.
Dejphon Chansiri has now been with Sheffield Wednesday since 2015, with plenty of ups and downs during that time.
Chansiri and former boss Carlos Carvalhal had the Owls on the brink of promotion to the Premier League but darker days would soon follow.
Sheffield Wednesday spent two seasons in League One, returning to the Championship last year but setting out on what would be a turbulent season.
After hiring Danny Rohl in October, Sheffield Wednesday would narrowly avoid relegation back to the third tier.
Since, Chansiri has secured a new three-year deal for Rohl, who looks set to oversee a busy summer in S6.
Despite that, there’s still plenty of angst towards Chansiri among Sheffield Wednesday fans.
Dejphon Chansiri stance on potential Sheffield Wednesday sale
Nixon has now revealed on Patreon that Chansiri is ‘looking for new investors’ at Sheffield Wednesday, ‘but turning down approaches’ to buy the club.
Nixon adds that Chansiri is ‘keen to have more financial backing at Hillsborough but without giving up full control’.
There were rumours of interest in a Sheffield Wednesday takeover last year, though they never amounted to anything significant.
The Sheffield Wednesday fans’ protest group, The 1867 Group, revealed in November 2023 that Chansiri had not acted in ‘good faith’ when approached by a consortium regarding a possible takeover.
What new investors could mean for Sheffield Wednesday
Not only does new investors inevitably new money and new funding coming into the club, but it may also mean new ideas.
There’s an ongoing sense that Chansiri pulls a lot of the strings at Sheffield Wednesday and that he desperately needs to bring in more bodies in the boardroom.
An new investors could take a lot of the weight off his shoulders and enable the club to be run more smoothly.
Though the fact that Chansiri is unwilling to give up full control suggests that he still wants to call the shots, and that may be worrying for fans, regardless of whether or not the club receives new investment.
But this latest update certainly seems like a positive thing for Sheffield Wednesday, adding to what’s been a positive summer period so far.
The Owls have plenty of irons in the fire it seems but there’s still a lot of work needed, mainly in terms of the playing squad, if Sheffield Wednesday are to have a steady 2024/25 campaign
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