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·4 August 2025

Sheffield Wednesday players: 'We want this situation to be addressed'

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Sheffield Wednesday players have urged the club to address the current situation ahead of the new Championship season.

Owls players have seen their wages remain unpaid over the summer which led to a potential training match against Burnley at the weekend being called.


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"As has been well publicised, players, coaching and club staff groups at the club have all been impacted by delayed and overdue payment of salaries," the players said in a combined statement as reported by BBC Radio Sheffield.

"This has been a worrying time for us as players but, whilst we are often the ones in the spotlight, we are not the only ones involved. We stand together in support with all our colleagues employed by the club who have been affected.

"Players and staff are now feeling real, practical impacts in their professional and personal lives and we are extremely concerned at the lack of clarity regarding what is happening and when this will be resolved.

"The decision taken by the players to withdraw from the planned friendly with Burnley was not taken lightly or without consideration.

"We are fully aware of the added concern this will have caused supporters but trust there is a real understanding of the difficult position we have been put in.

"We want to reassure fans that there has not been, and will not be, any 'downing of tools' by any of us on the training ground, and we are all working as hard as we can and supporting each other, the manager and staff.

"However, we, like you, want our focus to be fully on what happens on the pitch and the new season ahead.

"This is proving to be really challenging and we have made it clear to the club that we want this situation to be addressed as soon as possible so decisions taken like the one not to play at Burnley are avoided in the future. We can then all move forward together as a club."

Sheffield Wednesday are supposed to play Leicester City in their opening league game on Sunday which is now strongly in doubt.

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