Barry Bannan Commits To Crisis-hit Sheffield Wednesday: ‘this Club Is Part Of Me’

The Sheffield Wednesday captain, Barry Bannan, has signed a caller statement pinch nan crisis-hit Championship nine aft his erstwhile woody had expired astatine nan extremity of past season.

The 35-year-old midfielder has been astatine Wednesday since 2015 and, contempt nan expiration of his erstwhile statement successful June, has been training pinch nan first-team squad during pre-season.

Wednesday did not opportunity really agelong Bannan’s caller statement is. The club, who vanished 12th successful nan Championship past season, are mired successful financial difficulties and are nether transportation restrictions imposed by nan Football League aft failures to salary nan wages of their players and staff.

In nan past fewer days, Wednesday person seen their manager, Danny Röhl, time off nan nine and nan North Stand of Hillsborough close owed to information concerns. The owner, nan Thai businessman Dejphon Chansiri, is being urged to waste nan nine to sphere its future.

Bannan’s committedness to Wednesday comes arsenic he revealed his girl became upset erstwhile he told her that he mightiness person to time off amid liking from different teams. “This nine is simply a large portion of maine and my family, who are pinch maine present coming arsenic I’m signing,” Bannan told nan Sheffield Wednesday website. “They will ever guidelines by maine pinch immoderate determination I make and I’ve decided to stay.

“We had a batch of conversations arsenic a family and erstwhile I told my girl Elsie that I mightiness beryllium leaving she started crying. Then past nighttime erstwhile I told her I was staying she started crying again. I asked her why and she said they are conscionable happy tears.”

The Scot has been astatine Hillsborough for a decade, joining from Crystal Palace successful 2015 and playing successful nan Championship playoff last conclusion to Hull successful his first season. He was handed nan captain’s armband by nan past head Garry Monk arsenic Wednesday were relegated to League One. Promotion backmost to nan Championship came erstwhile Bannan lifted nan League One playoff trophy astatine Wembley successful 2023. He has made 447 appearances.

Wednesday are nether a transportation embargo and taxable to EFL interest restrictions until nan extremity of nan summertime model pursuing a erstwhile nonaccomplishment to salary transportation fees connected time. There is interest whether they will beryllium capable to fulfil their opening fixture of nan Championship play astatine Leicester connected 10 August. A pre-season friends against Burnley, scheduled to return spot down closed doors connected Saturday, was cancelled aft Wednesday players reportedly refused to play.