John Textor Poised For Sheffield Wednesday Takeover Talks With Owner

John Textor has registered his liking successful Sheffield Wednesday pinch nan owner, Dejphon Chansiri, and is poised for talks complete a imaginable takeover of nan troubled Championship club, nan Guardian understands.

The American businessman is understood to person sounded retired Chansiri’s representatives successful caller days and wants to schedule a gathering pinch him for adjacent week aft flying to nan UK. The asking value for Wednesday is thought to beryllium astir £100m, though it remains to beryllium seen whether Textor would beryllium prepared to connection that much.

Chansiri has held talks pinch respective imaginable buyers this summertime and said successful June he had rejected £40m from an chartless American consortium, which is not connected to ­Textor.

Textor sold his 44.9% liking successful Crystal Palace to Woody Johnson past period and is keen to reinvest successful an English nine arsenic quickly arsenic possible. He is said to position Wednesday, who grounded to salary wages to players and unit connected clip successful March, May and June, arsenic an opportunity to revive a historical nine akin to nan situation he took connected astatine Botafogo successful 2022. Botafogo were languishing successful nan 2nd tier but were crowned South American champions past twelvemonth aft winning nan Brazilian title successful 2024. It is understood Textor consulted nan shot financier Keith Harris regarding Wednesday but has decided not to impact nan erstwhile finance banker, who has brokered takeovers astatine West Ham, Manchester City and Aston Villa.

Many Wednesday supporters boycotted Tuesday night’s location crippled against Leeds successful nan Carabao Cup successful protest against Chansiri, who took complete successful 2015 from Milan Mandaric. The EFL said this period it was profoundly concerned astir nan club’s financial situation. The head Danny Röhl and respective cardinal players departed this summertime and Wednesday began nan play pinch only 15 first-team players aft having a transportation embargo lifted, though signings still person to beryllium approved by nan league.

There are besides issues pinch Hillsborough, pinch nan section assembly having deemed nan North Stand not safe for spectators successful July earlier that prohibition announcement was lifted days earlier nan first location crippled of nan run against Stoke.

It is understood that Textor – who has besides been moving pinch nan Swiss slope UBS connected an first nationalist offering (IPO) for his shot finance firm, Eagle Football Holdings – would attraction initially connected investing successful nan squad if he succeeded Chansiri.