TalkSPORT pundit Simon Jordan says he worries for Sheffield Wednesday because of owner Dejphon Chansiri.
Sheffield Wednesday are without a manager after Darren Moore and the club mutually agreed to part ways last night.
The news comes straight out of the blue and since, The Star has revealed that a key factor behind Moore’s exit was due to disagreements with Chansiri about the summer budget and transfer policy.
Chansiri acquired complete control of Wednesday in January 2015. During his reign there’s been ups and downs, but off-field issues have plagued the club for the past few years now with financial problems and issues of tension between owner and fans.
And now, issues between owner and manager have seen Moore move on. Having his say on the issue, Jordan was asked during a talkSPORT phone-in whether or not he fears for Wedneaday going forward, to which he said (as quoted by The Star):
“I worry for you because I’m not a huge admirer of your owner and I think he has made some strange decisions and I think a lot of your fans base have been concerned about some of the decisions he has made over the years that ultimately ended in the club being relegated to League One.
“You’ve had financial fair play issues and the consequences of those but then again you’ve also had decent managers like Carlos Carvalhal who has gone in there and done a decent job, you’ve been close. I think that Darren Moore was a moment away from losing his job, in terms of that play-off semi final, and turned it around.
“You’re in the Championship, it doesn’t look like a great look but these things happen now and because there are so many managers out there looking for jobs and so many people punting others around, owners will look at it from a different perspective than they once did before.
“If Darren has made the decision, which is my understanding of the situation, that he hadn’t got what he felt he was going to get, now whether that’s miscommunication or a bait and switch from the owner we can all pontificate on, but I don’t see Sheffield Wednesday all of a sudden falling into crisis. I think you’ll gain your poise but the key thing for me is who they get in next.”
Staying positive…
It’s easy to get carried away in the facts right now. Wednesday are managerless, without a Head of Recruitment, and in need of a lot of summer signings, and with it being so close to the start of the season, things are looking bleak.
But if Chansiri can bring in a good manager then it’ll ease a lot of tension. It could be difficult to do that given the fact that he’s made the Wednesday position look somewhat untenable, so finding a manager that’s willing to work with him and willing to work on a minimal budget is going to be tough.
There’s managers out there who will still fancy the job, but finding that manager, binging him in soon and getting to work in the transfer market is going to be extremely difficult.