Dejphon Chansiri makes Sheffield Wednesday transfer admission ahead of summer window

Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri has admitted that he hasn’t heard anything so far regarding interest for the club’s players.

Despite the fact that the transfer window is not set to open until June, Owls forward Lee Gregory has recently been linked with a move away from Hillsborough.

According to a report from the Daily Mail, Middlesbrough are believed to be interested in signing Gregory while Wigan Athletic and Derby County have also been touted as potential suitors.

Given that Gregory’s deal is set to run until 2023, Wednesday will be able to demand a sizeable fee for the forward from one of the aforementioned clubs.

Due to the fact that the Owls have yet to announce their retained list, there is still a great deal of uncertainty surrounding the future of some of the club’s players who are currently on course to become free-agents next month.

Wednesday will be hoping to launch a push for automatic promotion in the third-tier later this year after being eliminated from the play-offs earlier this month by Sunderland.

Making reference to the club’s plans for the upcoming window, Chansiri has admitted that the Owls will only sell players if they receive offers that they simply cannot afford to turn down.

Speaking to The Star, Chansiri said: “I have not heard anything at the moment – but I don’t know what will happen this summer.

“It depends what interest we get in our players.

“If we get offers for players that we can’t refuse and we believe we can replace them, then we will make a decision…

“If we don’t get good offers or we don’t believe we can do better, then we need to weigh things up.”

The Verdict

This is a sensible stance to take regarding transfers as although Wednesday will be keen to keep some of their