How much money Sheffield Wednesday missed out on for Danny Rohl after Dejphon Chansiri decision | OneFootball

Sheffield Wednesday had a chance to pick up a £1 million compensation windfall over Danny Rohl, but Dejphon Chansiri's intransigence got in the way.

Sheffield Wednesday blew an opportunity to pick up £1 million in compensation earlier in the summer because of the intransigence of owner Dejphon Chansiri.

It can hardly be said that Sheffield Wednesday don't need the money. The club have had a financially chaotic summer, with a transfer embargo put in place over the non-payment of monies owed throughout the 2024-25 season and the closure of the North Stand at Hillsborough for safety reasons among a slew of disasters currently afflicting the club.

It was reported at the end of July that the players had been informed that they would not be paid at the end of the month, despite the reported front-loading of the money from the sale of Caelen-Kole Cadamarteri to Manchester City for £1.5 million bringing an extra million pounds into the club, as well as funds from the sales of Anthony Musaba and Djeidji Gassama.

Sheffield Wednesday missed out on close to £1 million for Danny Rohl

Journalist Alan Nixon reports that Sheffield Wednesday missed out on a near-£1million pound windfall from the departure of head coach Danny Rohl.

Bundesliga club Wolfsburg were interested in Rohl, and Nixon reports that they offered almost £1 million in compensation to take him back to Germany. Club owner Dejphon Chansiri, however, rejected the offer because Rohl had a release clause in his contract for more than double that, with Chansiri holding out for the full amount.

This intransigence has now cost the club dearly, though, with Rohl having left by mutual consent and Wednesday having received nothing in return.

Chansiri intransigence will worry Wednesday fans, with club still up for sale

The loss of this money is all the more glaring because Sheffield Wednesday so desperately need every penny they can get at the moment. They are required to pay their players and staff on time at the end of each month.

They failed to do this at the end of June, leading to the departures of last season's two top goalscorers, Josh Windass and Michael Smith, and it's understood that the same thing happened at the end of July, as well. A behind-closed-doors pre-season match against Burnley has already been called off because the players went on strike.

The biggest concern of all for Wednesday supporters may be the extent to which this intransigence extends to selling the club. It's known that Chansiri wants £100 million for the club, which would be a significant over-valuation even without taking into account the huge amount of work required to make the club competitive again.

Wednesday's value has been estimated at somewhere between £40 million and £50 million, and that doesn't take into account the reported £4 million that they owe other clubs in outstanding loan and transfer fees or the cost of repairs to the North Stand at Hillsborough, both of which need to be paid as a matter or urgency.

Yet again, Sheffield Wednesday supporters will be shaking their heads in disbelief at Dejphon Chansiri's propensity to shoot himself in the foot. Their biggest worry now will be whether he carries this level of business acumen into negotiations to sell the club. What was said when he turned down an offer for the club earlier this year - calling a perfectly reasonable offer of £48 million "derisory" - offers little grounds for confidence that he will do the right thing and sell up at a reasonable price.