Some Sheffield Wednesday fans have been reacting negatively on social media in response to comments that were recently made by the club’s owner Dejphon Chansiri regarding his plans for the club.
Yorkshire Live’s Dom Howson took to Twitter to share an interview that he recently conducted with the Sheffield Wednesday owner. Howson’s tweet shares a quote from one part of this interview, in which Chansiri claimed that he is happy at Wednesday at the moment, revealing that he currently plans to pass it “to (his) son”.
This tweet caught the attention of some Wednesday fans, who have been reacting negatively to the news that Chansiri may intend to remain as the owner of the club for the long term, with some Owls supporters indicating that they would prefer to see him sell the club.
Read the negative reactions from some Wednesday fans in response to Howson’s post which shares this snippet of his recent interview with Chansiri in the tweets below.
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Asked DC if he is still here for the long haul: "Everything in life can change very quickly, you only have to see what is happening around the world right now but today I am happy and I wish to pass our club to my son." #SWFC @LiveSwfc https://t.co/stgddB1n2y
— Dom Howson (@domhowson) March 28, 2020
Chansiri is either too dumb for words or others have a financial interest in Owls, like Doyen did with Twente in Holland.
— Jim (@frederi21962339) March 29, 2020
Chansiri out, he is simply deluded, I thought that North Korean chap was a dictator but Dejphon is our worst nightmare.
— AndyBustaSmith #chansirioutMonkoutBullenout (@ads42) March 29, 2020
Oh no?
— JosephWard (@JosephWard28) March 28, 2020
But at the last fans forum he told us he was going to start listening to offers with the intention to sell. I know he was annoyed at the time, but to completely turn back to his original intentions is very controversial
— Cobi Stokes (@_cobistokes) March 28, 2020
Already alienated one club legend and well on his way to doing the same to another. #swfc
— Chris Brammer (@ChrisBramms) March 28, 2020
Oh dear…….
— David Harpham (@deharpham) March 28, 2020
What do we think?
In addition to this revelation, Chansiri declared that he still wants to “fulfil the fans’ dreams” of getting back to the Premier League in this interview, explaining that he wants “there to be a strong foundation” for when he passes the club to his son.
According to a report by The Guardian from December 2018, Chansiri did previously claim that he intended to sell Sheffield Wednesday. However, his recent interview with Yorkshire Live suggests that he may have had a change of heart in this regard.
If Chansiri’s claims that he wants to help the club get back to the Premier League in order to leave “a strong foundation” for his son when he eventually takes the reins at Hillsborough are to be believed, then his decision to remain at the club may be a positive one for Owls fans who may wish to see their club play in the top-flight for the first time since being relegated from the Premier League back in the 1999/00 season.