Sheffield Wednesday are right to stick to their guns with Hull City forward Mallik Wilks

The excitement is building ahead of the new English Football League season. For Sheffield Wednesday, it is a case of putting the finishing touches to their new-look squad.

Manager Darren Moore has strengthened every department of the team this summer. He has upgraded areas of the pitch that needed more strength in depth and quality to take the Owls to the next level.

Experienced players with serious League One pedigree have come through the door to raise hopes of a top-two push. The new campaign gets under way next week and Wednesday look in good shape for the challenges that lie ahead.

Time is still on the Owls' side in their search for further reinforcements. The transfer window does not shut until September 1. That is over 40 days away.

Moore would ideally like to bring in at least one more forward to challenge Lee Gregory, Michael Smith, Josh Windass, Callum Paterson and Sylla Sow for a starting spot. The Mallik Wilks saga continues to drag on. Hull are refusing to budge right now on the transfer fee.

Yet Wednesday can afford to play the waiting game. The options Moore has got at the top end of the pitch already look, on paper, as good as anything else in the division. Signing Wilks would be the icing on the cake.

"When I look at our team, it's not all knee-jerk in terms of having to do this or that, in each department if the right body was to become available, we could add to it and add another dimension to the team," stated Moore. "There's a lot of talk surrounding a lot of players and that's fine, I get it, but for me talking about players out there it would be the wrong thing for me to do.

"I'm focusing on the squad and what we have here. Twenty four hours is a long time in football and everybody is coming back