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Sheffield Wednesday’s ownership issues continue to dominate the headlines, with Dejphon Chansiri’s latest player payment problem being just another addition to the growing list.
The Thai businessman took full control of the club in 2015 and his initial target was promotion to the Premier League by 2017. Unfortunately, this hope never came to fruition and by the time his target date had passed, the investment was beginning to dry up.
Since then, the club has faced a multitude of issues, from breaching profit and sustainability rules, securing debt against the stadium, to player payment problems. The latter has resurfaced in recent days with a “temporary issue with the payment of player salaries for March.”
This is supposedly due to late payments to Chansiri, with the owner taking very little accountability for the issue that has occurred.
Of course, this has led to growing fan unrest, and from the perspective of Wednesdayites, the owner’s position is becoming increasingly untenable.
Nevertheless, he remains in charge, and despite reports that a group is ready to buy the club, no action appears to have been taken.
