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Sheffield Wednesday forward Josh Windass publicly humiliated former teammate Joey Phuthi, and now the youngster has responded.
Sheffield Wednesday have a lot of issues to fix in the summer transfer window. The biggest problem is resolving Danny Rohl’s future, but some players could leave the club.
Josh Windass, who scored 13 goals and supplied four assists in the Championship last term, is one star destined to exit Hillsborough.
Windass has been linked with a move to Valencia, although he played down that rumour of potentially working under Carlos Corberan on a podcast appearance.
It wasn’t just his future that was discussed on there, as the Englishman also called out one of his former teammates.
Joey Phuthi responds after being publicly humiliated by Josh Windass
Youngster Joey Phuthi was recently released from his contract at Sheffield Wednesday, which was undoubtedly a tough pill to swallow for the 20-year-old.
But during a difficult time for the defender, his former teammate Windass made his life even worse by calling him ‘p___’ after Phuthi once compared himself to Lionel Messi.
Speaking on the Open Goal podcast, Windass said: “I was speaking to him in the canteen at football and one of our coaches said to me, ‘have a word with Joey, he never runs more than 9k in a game ever’.
“So I was speaking to him and I was like, ‘how much do you run in a game’ and he said ‘9km – Messi don’t run’.
“A kid at 17, I didn’t say anything to him but I was thinking, ‘you’re the worst player ever and you’re talking about Messi – run around.”
Windass didn’t just publicly throw one of his ex-teammates under the bus, but he also exposed information that didn’t need to be told.
Phuthi has since issued a long statement on X, clarifying that the conversation was completely flipped out of context and explains how difficult it’s been for him since being released.
Windass surely leaving Sheffield Wednesday
Although Windass is a top footballer, he’s shown his true colours in that moment by calling someone out and revealing a conversation that was supposed to be private.
At a point when there’s uncertainty about the future of the football club amid talks of a Sheffield Wednesday takeover from the mega-rich Walton family, and Rohl also taking time to decide his future, this is the last thing the Owls need.
Ultimately, Windass hasn’t acted professionally in the situation, and his current teammates won’t appreciate him throwing a player under the bus.
So, with interest mounting in the Englishman and a rift created in the dressing room, it’s best if the former Rangers man is moved on this summer.