Sheffield Wednesday-focused Twitter account @Owlstalk recently posted a tweet asking Wednesday supporters whether they think the club should have broken the bank to keep ex-defender Michael Hector at the club or not.
@Owlstalk’s recent post has caught the attention of many Wednesday fans, some of whom have cited the player’s price tag as the determining factor behind the club not making the former Owls loanee a Wednesday player on a permanent basis.
Read the posts from some Owls fans who have been discussing Hector’s price tag in response to this post in the tweets below.
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Should #swfc have broke the bank to keep Michael Hector at the club?
Read this ?https://t.co/aWVjFyA4tj pic.twitter.com/eiIWAIqOqK
— OWLSTALK.CO.UK ?? (@Owlstalk) April 9, 2020
No. As much as I really wanted him to stay, we were in no position to compete with Fulham fee or wage wise. If we would have broke the bank, we would have ended up with yet another over inflated senior player on the books for years. Hopefully we are learning from past mistakes.
— Kerry Massey (@kezzadix) April 9, 2020
Yes but we got priced out
— RETRO WEDNESDAY (@WednesdayRetro) April 9, 2020
We could not afford that fee, so no?
— Sergej Odström (@SergejOdstrom) April 9, 2020
No mate, not how we are financially, re ffp.
— Sheridan’s right foot. (@bogusdavecooper) April 9, 2020
Broke the bank ? it was already broke lads, a long time ago.
— Daniel Archer ? (@danielarcher92) April 9, 2020
I think the bank was broken beyond repair quite some time ago!
— Russell Rustle (@RussPhangan) April 10, 2020
Not at that price.
— Stuart Hibbert01 (@StuartHibbert01) April 9, 2020
What do we think?
Hector, who is valued at £4.32 million (as per Transfermarkt), joined Wednesday on loan from Chelsea in August 2018 for the 2018/19 season. The defender featured in 37 of the Owls’ 46 league games last season. He earned an average overall rating of 7.01 from his Championship performances for the Owls, as per WhoScored.com.
Despite that, Wednesday didn’t bring Hector to Hillsborough on a permanent basis upon the expiration of his loan deal with the club, with the 27-year-old defender ultimately making a permanent move to Fulham this past January, costing the Cottagers a transfer fee of £5.31m.
Hector has earned an average overall rating of 7.07 from his 11 Championship appearances for Fulham this term, as per WhoScored.com. This makes him their third-highest rated player for the 2019/20 season.
It may be fair to say that Hector played a fairly significant role for the Owls last season, considering the number of appearances that he made for the club. With that in mind, in addition to his impressive performances for Fulham this term, it may be understandable why some Wednesday supporters may feel disappointed that their club didn’t bring Hector to the club on a permanent deal.
However, considering that the Owls have spent an overall total of £990k in the transfer market this season, it may also be understandable why some Wednesday fans have pointed to Hector’s transfer fee as the reasoning behind their club’s decision not to sign the Jamaican international.