Expert AFC Wimbledon verdict on Sheffield Wednesday's potential new recruit Ben Heneghan

Ben Heneghan is closing in on a move to Sheffield Wednesday. The centre-back is leaving AFC Wimbledon at the end of June when his contract runs out and has agreed personal terms ahead of a potential Hillsborough switch.

The Mancunian was a mainstay of the Dons defence last season. Heneghan made 41 League One starts as Wimbledon failed to avoid relegation to League Two.

Yorkshire Live caught up with Edmund Brack, the AFC Wimbledon reporter for South London Press, to get the inside track on the Owls' potential new signing.

In a season where many of the AFC Wimbledon squad struggled with finding form, Heneghan was consistently reliable throughout the relegation campaign. If it had not been for Jack Rudoni’s brilliant season in front of goal, Heneghan would have been worthy of the Player of the Year award.

He is a defender who put his body on the line multiple times throughout the season to stop scorelines being worse than what they could have been for the Dons. He’s more of an old-school type of defender who is better at the art of keeping the ball away from his own goal instead of picking a searching pass to turn defence into attack.

I thought Ben was excellent last season - someone who could hold his head up high from a disappointing campaign. It wasn't down to the players either that the season ended in relegation; it was just a lack of depth and experience that massively hurt the squad.

A part from the games where it was clear the team was uncompetitive - Bolton and Oxford away initially come to mind - Ben was consistently one of the standout players and Wimbledon’s best defender last season without question.

He obviously had a lot of defending to do last season, but he never showed lapses in concentration or buckled