Sheffield Wednesday haven’t had an easy ride this month, with another one of their January targets looking to move elsewhere.
Sheffield Wednesday have left themselves with a lot of work to do in the final hours of the January transfer window.
There’s still a couple of days left, but more than a couple of positions left to fill, and Danny Rohl continues to see transfer targets move elsewhere.
The latest is Duncan McGuire who is reportedly closing in on a move to Blackburn Rovers after the Owls submitted a bid to sign the Orlando City man.
It’s a sign of hard times at Hillsborough, and Joe Crann thinks he knows why the club are struggling to get players in this month.
Sheffield Wednesday not a good ‘stepping stone’ says Joe Crann
Sheffield Wednesday have now seen a number of linked players seal moves elsewhere, with one in Conor Coventry even opting to drop down to League One and join Charlton Athletic.
And Crann believes that Sheffield Wednesday aren’t viewed as a good career stepping stone for players right now, highlighting the club’s poor league position and lack of success stories as the reasoning behind it.
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‘The sad reality’ for Danny Rohl
Crann makes a few good points here.
Having Rohl at the helm is certainly a boost and it goes towards making Sheffield Wednesday a more attractive place to play, but only by so much.
Players want to join clubs where they can make progress; either with the club or as an individual, and too many players, at least in recent years, seem to have joined Sheffield Wednesday and either deteriorated or dropped down the league.
Not enough are coming to Hillsborough and moving on to bigger and better and that could be for a number of reasons; a poor coaching team, a lack of investment from above, poor managers etc.
Right now, Sheffield Wednesday have a good manager and coaching staff, and they’ve had a nice training ground for a few years too, so the foundations are in place for the club to attract players and build, but now might not be the right time.
Next summer, whether the club beats the drop or not, should be easier for the Owls in the transfer market.
There’ll be more time to scour the market and hopefully more space in the wage budget with some big earners moving on, and plenty of free agents to pick from too.
There seems to be brighter times on the horizon but right not it’s tough, and if Rohl fails to get anyone over the line before the transfer deadline, it’ll be a very difficult end to the season.