Former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Carlton Palmer says ‘any manager worth their salt’ would not take on the Owls job.
Sheffield Wednesday are without a manager after the club and Darren Moore agreed to part ways earlier this week.
The news came as a huge surprise to everyone within the footballing world and now Sheffield Wednesday have a difficult summer ahead of them, with no manager and the barebones of a first-team as things stand.
A couple of names have had concrete links to the Hillsborough vacancy in Vitor Campelos and Carlos Carvalhal, though owner Dejphon Chansiri shut down the possibility of Carvalhal returning to the club during the fan forum earlier this week.
And having his say on the managerial situation at the club, former Owls man Palmer told Football League World:
“Given what I know about the Darren Moore situation, any manager worth their salt would not take the job.
“You can’t work under the remit that the chairman employs someone to receipt the players of which you, the manager, has no input into it. Of course, there will be no shortage of takers as the Owls are a massive club.
“I have no doubt who would want to work under those conditions. I think Carlos Carvalhal who is available, he might, having worked under similar conditions with the chairman before but we will just have to wait and see.”
Since Chansiri’s arrival at the start of 2015, Sheffield Wednesday have had seven permanent managers in place in Stuart Gray, Carvalhal, Jos Luhukay, Steve Bruce, Garry Monk, Tony Pulis, and Moore – of those seven, Moore had the highest win percentage (51.16%), overseeing just two games less than Carvalhal.
A tough appointment ahead
Palmer’s comments make sense. After seeing how much controversy Sheffield Wednesday have been involved in during Chansiri’s reign, and now this unfolding Moore saga too, finding a decent manager who’ll want to risk his reputation to take on the Wednesday job is going to be difficult.
It looks like Chansiri and Moore were at a disagreement over the transfer policy, suggesting that Chansiri is unwilling to invest in a side that desperately needs it ahead of next season.
Sheffield Wednesday need a manager in soon so that they can crack on with their summer transfer plans, but again, finding a good manager who’s willing to work with Chansiri is going to b extremely difficult