“Running out of money” – Clear Sheffield Wednesday concern aimed at Dejphon Chansiri
Clive Betts, the MP for Sheffield South East, has called Dejphon Chansiri’s running of Sheffield Wednesday unsustainable and has questioned where he gets his funding from, amid debate around a new Football Governance Bill.
On Tuesday, many politicians inside the House of Commons debated the proposed bill which intends to install an independent regulator of football in this country. This body, which is set to be headed up by David Kogan, a man whose Premier League connections have worried some EFL clubs, according to The Times, would be able to take action to prevent football clubs, like Bury and Reading, from being mismanaged.
A large majority of 342 to 70 voted in favour of the bill, which could be a huge step in the right direction for supporters, like Wednesday’s, who are unhappy with their current custodian and the way that they are managing their team.
Sheffield MP questions Sheffield Wednesday owner, Dejphon Chansiri
Mr Betts, a lifelong supporter of the club who attended a recent meeting with the Sheffield Wednesday Supporters Trust alongside five other politicians, spoke in the House of Commons about the off-pitch worries surrounding the Owls. He
He told the House of Commons on Tuesday: “At Sheffield Wednesday we have an owner who is not actually a bad man, he’s put a lot of money into the club. He’s not written the club off, but he’s clearly running out of money to make the club sustainable.
“He couldn’t pay the players’ wages last month, he couldn’t pay the tax dues a few weeks ago and another failure to pay will mean the club are subject to a transfer embargo for three transfer windows.
“That completely undermines both the competitive and financial basis for the club. That’s not acceptable. The chairman is the only director. He doesn’t have a board of directors, he doesn’t have a chief executive. He runs the club from Thailand by remote control.
