Former Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal has revealed that it was Dejphon Chansiri’s young son that gave the green light ahead of his appointment as the club’s head coach in 2015.
Following an interview with Portuguese outlet Record, the report (as per Yorkshire Live) highlights the fact that the Portuguese, who was ‘largely unheard of in this country’ became the Owls’ first-ever non-British coach – after his appointment was apparently approved by the ’10 or 11-year-old’ son of owner Chansiri.
The 54-year-old is currently the manager at Rio Ave FC having had a relatively brief spell at Swansea City following his time at Hillsborough (via Transfermarkt.co.uk). Carvalhal spent 907 days in charge of the Owls, taking charge of 131 matches, winning 56, drawing 37 and losing 38. He accumulated an average of 1.56 points per match during his tenure but was sacked in December 2017 after a poor run of results.
Here is how some of the supporters have responded to this news on Twitter.
Good grief ??????
— oxo (@oxley977) April 27, 2020
Att’s the boss!
— Stephen Bedford (@LoxleyOwl) April 27, 2020
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— Mark (@mark42swfc) April 27, 2020
Of course a 10 year old had the final say Carlos ??????
— Malcolm Fox ???? (@malcolm_fox2) April 27, 2020
Do you believe Carvalhal's recent claim regarding his appointment?
Yes
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Several months ago I’d have said no chance. Nowadays it’s a different story.
— Dave Turner (@Daveturner21) April 27, 2020
A snippet of the truth about mr chansiri finally breaks free.
Ask the cowleys why they went from 1-9 on to Huddersfield over night. ??????
— Barx (@Barx_SB) April 27, 2020
What do we think?
It’s clear from the above responses that some of these Sheffield Wednesday supporters were surprised by Carvalhal’s comments. Dejphon Chansiri has recently been involved in a war of words with the club’s former star Chris Waddle and in our view, it has only increased the pressure on the Thai businessman to improve things on the field and we believe interviews such as these won’t do his popularity any favours.