Sheffield Wednesday: What’s going on at Championship club?

On Tuesday it was announced Sheffield Wednesday boss Rohl has left the club by mutual consent – less than two weeks before the new season begins.

Rohl had looked set to leave at the start of the summer when he did not return to take pre-season training, but he came back in early July and had been planning for the Owls’ first game against Leicester.

However, things remained unsustainable with no takeover at the club and now the parties have mutually parted.

It is expected Henrik Pedersen, Rohl’s assistant manager, will take control of the first team.

The squad is threadbare with both Akin Famewo and Callum Paterson leaving the club on free transfers this week to join Hull City and MK Dons, respectively.

The Owls had already sold Djeidi Gassama for a discounted price to Rangers and Anthony Musaba left for Samsunspor.

Josh Windass and Michael Smith also had their contracts ended by mutual consent and joined Wrexham and Preston North End, respectively, shortly after.

Paterson, Gassama, Musaba, Windass and Smith produced 55 goals and assists between them in the second tier last season. Of the remaining contracted squad players, there are only 22 goal contributions left.

Captain Barry Bannan remains out of contract and it is unclear if he will return, although he has been training with the squad.

This week it was revealed Sheffield City Council had issued a prohibition notice for Hillsborough Stadium in respect of the North Stand. It prevents spectators from entering the stand until the specified work to resolve the issue has been completed.

This comes after two recent SAG (Safety Advisory Group) meetings where the club was told they would not receive a safety certificate for the North Stand without work taking place.

The club say they are continuing to work with SAG to satisfy their concerns, that additional information is currently being obtained and they will provide further updates at the earliest possible opportunity.

It’s unclear whether non-playing staff, who suffered late payment of wages in May and June, will be paid on time for July. An emergency fund helped some employees for the past two months but sources the BBC has spoken to painted a distressing picture, with people unsure if they’ll be able to pay bills on time.

BBC Radio Sheffield have requested interviews with Chansiri and the offer remains open.