Tag: Chansiri

Sheffield Wednesday: Owls deducted six points as Chansiri banned
1 December 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: Owls deducted six points as Chansiri banned

By Total Football News

Sheffield Wednesday have been given a further six-point deduction by the English Football League for regulation breaches leaving them 27 points from safety in the Championship.

Former owner Dejphon Chansiri has also received a three-year ban from owning or being a director at any EFL club.

BBC Radio Sheffield reports their latest deduction follows the failure to pay players in March, May and June, as well as other non-payments to

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Sheffield Wednesday: Can Dejphon Chansiri salvage some of his reputation?
29 October 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: Can Dejphon Chansiri salvage some of his reputation?

By Total Football News

“[Chansiri] could make himself, not a hero, but less of a villain if he takes exactly the same approach as we saw with Derby County and Mel Morris.

“Mel Morris was owed £200m by Derby and he went to the administrators and said ‘I’m not putting in a claim’.”

Football finance expert Kieran Maguire breaks down Sheffield Wednesday’s current predicament after being placed in administration and the role chairman Dejphon

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MP urges Sheffield Wednesday owner Chansiri to sell up
4 June 2025 Off

MP urges Sheffield Wednesday owner Chansiri to sell up

By Total Football News

Pressure is understandably and increasingly growing on Dejphon Chansiri to sell Sheffield Wednesday.

There have been many concerns raised during his time in charge at Hillsborough, but his inability to pay wages for a second time in three months, in particular to non-football staff members, has led to EFL charges and serious concerns over the short, medium and long-term future of the club.

There have been reports about the

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Sheffield Wednesday: No offers to buy club says owner Dejphon Chansiri
14 April 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: No offers to buy club says owner Dejphon Chansiri

By Total Football News

In a lengthy letter on the club website he said he would sell to “the right individual, or group, to take our club forward”.

Chansiri added: “We have all seen speculation and stories that a consortium or individual is ready to come in and take over. But I can guarantee there have been no offers at all.

“There has been some interest but nothing at all substantial that

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Sheffield Wednesday: Owls fail to pay wages of players for March due to cashflow issues for owner Dejphon Chansiri
31 March 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: Owls fail to pay wages of players for March due to cashflow issues for owner Dejphon Chansiri

By Total Football News

Sheffield Wednesday have failed to pay their players’ wages for March due to cashflow problems suffered by owner Dejphon Chansiri.

The club said it was a “temporary issue” due to debts owed to the 56-year-old Thai businessman, whose family control the Thai Union Group, the world’s largest producer of canned tuna.

Wednesday are 12th in the Championship – five points outside the play-off places – and face Hull City at

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