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Simply put, Sheffield Wednesday is a club in chaos right now, but fans are still finding fault with the man who is reportedly keen to take over from Dejphon Chansiri.
Where to begin with Sheffield Wednesday? The team may have achieved a very respectable 12th place finish in the Championship in 2024/25, but off the pitch, things are falling apart.
Danny Rohl appears determined to leave the club this summer, with a return to Germany expected to be his most likely move now.
Meanwhile, Dejphon Chansiri has the club on the brink of a potential three-window transfer ban, with the Owls chairman failing to pay players and staff once again.
We broke the news recently that Sheffield Wednesday are subject of a potential takeover, but even that prospect has not instilled much confidence in the fanbase.
What Sheffield Wednesday fans are saying about Adam Shaw amid takeover rumours
Adam Shaw is the man leading one consortium strongly linked with buying the Owls. The Sheffield-born, American-based businessman has long been touted with a potential takeover, but it’s said there has always been difficulty in the negotiation process for one reason or another.
In conjunction with the Walton family, Shaw’s consortium could bring in a collective wealth of over $300 billion. But, there’s still debate as to whether that group, or indeed anyone, can match Chansiri’s own valuation of Sheffield Wednesday.
Shaw was spotted around Sheffield this weekend, prompting more discussion around his interest in the club, and it’s truly divided the fanbase.
One prominent fan account wrote: “We need strategy, business acumen and good financial backing, but the fact he is also a fan who is rooted in the city gives me belief that if the consortium he is part of took over our club they would look after the interests of fellow fans.
“We’d love to see the Premier League again, but just restoring some sense of pride in our club and our city would be massive right now.”
Others added, “Don’t get why people are turning their noses up at him. It’s not just him, it’s him as well as his (supposedly wealthy) partners,” and another said, “Does this fanbase actually deserve new owners? Half of football is took over by Americans and these clubs are doing very well compared to us.”
The basis of those supporting Shaw’s intentions is essentially rooted in the following sentiment: “There can’t be anybody worse than Chansiri surely?”
Meanwhile, more negative fans questioned Shaw’s financial backing and his suitability to run a football club on this scale.
One supporter wrote: “Giving me bad vibes that the consortium doesn’t have the financial backing to progress the club quickly, getting to the Premier League seems a dream, not a determined target.”
Another added, “Don’t believe the hype there is no proper bid for the club,” while a third said, “His credibility is in ruins because he wears Wednesday training gear in public apparently.”
Sheffield Wednesday need a solution this summer, one way or another
The top and bottom of this whole situation is very much dependent on what Chansiri does next. The Owls chairman needs to pay his staff by end of play today or the club will be hit with a transfer embargo, regardless of whether new owners come in or not.
That would be a disaster, especially if the club also needs to find a new manager. Would any coach want to come into an environment where players and staff don’t know if they’re getting paid, and no new signings can be made?
Chansiri has the ability to fix a lot of these problems fairly quickly. Not to oversimplify things, but all he needs to do is pay people and avoid those punishments, negotiate an exit for Danny Rohl, and then sell the club and let someone more suitable take over.
Obviously it’s more complicated than that, but those three tasks surely have to be on Chansiri’s to-do list. Fail to do any or indeed all of those things, and the club will be in ruins by the start of the new season.