Sheffield Wednesday are set to complete their first summer signing, says Rob Staton.
Sheffield Wednesday made a positive start to the post-season after agreeing a new three-year deal for manager Danny Rohl.
It comes after the German guided Wednesday to a 20th place finish in the Championship last season, becoming the first-ever team to beat the drop in the Championship after going winless in their opening 13 games.
Since, the Owls appear to have been hard at work in finding summer recruits, with several names on Sheffield Wednesday’s transfer radar.
Names such as Ovie Ejaria and Karamoko Dembele have been linked, whilst Rohl is desperate to re-sign January loan trio James Beadle, Ike Ugbo, and Ian Poveda.
But it looks like the Owls are now set to sign free agent goalkeeper Ben Hamer.
Sheffield Wednesday set to sign Ben Hamer
Hamer, 36, was let go by Watford following the conclusion of the 2023/24 season, in which he featured 19 times in the Championship, keeping three clean sheets.
Hamer has 361 career appearances to his name and 109 clean sheets, in spells with all of Bristol City, Reading, Leicester City, Exeter City, Watford, Swansea City, Huddersfield Town, Derby County, Brentford, and Charlton Athletic.
The Somerset-born goalkeeper featured most prominently for Charlton, playing 121 times between 2011 and 2014, winning promotion from League One in 2012.
Now though, BBC journalist Rob Staton says that Hamer is ‘set to join’ Sheffield Wednesday, becoming the Owls’ first summer signing.
Ben Hamer to Sheffield Wednesday may mean two things
With Hamer set to join Sheffield Wednesday, it adds an experienced name to a depleted goalkeeping department.
He, Cameron Dawson, and Pierce Charles will become the club’s only first-team goalkeepers going into next season.
But Hamer’s arrival could mean a loan exit for the impressive Charles, who’ll surely be eager to play some regular football next term.
And Hamer’s arrival could also cast doubt over a potential return for Beadle; Brighton are set to loan him out this summer but whether or not Sheffield Wednesday can pull off a return remains to be seen.
And whether or not Rohl will push to bring Beadle back with Hamer arriving remains to be seen; Dawson and Hamer are two experienced goalkeepers who may fancy their chances of fighting for the no.1 spot next time round.
So there’s uncertainty over Beadle now. But Hamer is an experienced signing nonetheless, and if Rohl can bring in Beadle as well, then it’ll give him a very formidable goalkeeping unit for the 2024/25 season.
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