Sheffield Wednesday: Takeover progress and Dejphon Chansiri sale stuck in limbo
Chansiri is part of one of the richest families of Thailand – his father Kraisorn founded Thai Union Group, a seafood seller that sends billions of pounds a year worldwide. The business is now ruled by Dejphon’s brother Thiaphong.
For this reason, the owner of OWLS has very few real work genealogy and wide familial resources behind it.
“Although Chansiri has a significant number of shares in the family business, the value of these stocks has fallen in the last few years and has a personal wealth,” Maguire says.
He continued: “Sometimes the asset is rich and cash poor. It is absolutely not poor according to normal standards, but Sheffield Wednesday losses and the decrease in the value of family business hit him.”
Wednesday fans are trying to force Chansiri to sell the club’s income.
At the beginning of this week, only 7,801 fans participated in the penalty shot against Leeds in Hillsborough. This is 20,099 less supporters who watched the latest home fixtures against the same competitors in the championship last season.
Calling the fans’ boycott of the match, the ticket prices reduced to £ 15.
At this price, if the same number of fans had participated in this price, the club would make a passage receipts of about £ 300,000 more than £ £ £ 120,000 with a largely reduced participation.
Maguire, “Wednesday fans, not the regime, the commitment to go behind the team, designed to make more pressure on Chansiri,” he says.
Even if the fans’ attempts to damage the club’s income increase the pressure on Chansiri, it must be a buyer who can finally convince him to cut his ties.
In early this summer, John Textor, owner of the former Crystal Palace, who was under the control of Lyon in Ligue 1, confirmed his interest in taking over on Wednesday: “I am looking for a traditional British club that I can buy or a partner. I’m watching the situation.”
It is not certain whether Textor is now able to pass the test of EFL’s owners and managers.
The ownership of the palace ended with a ruthless and widespread regiment from fans earlier this year, after led to the reduction of errors on UEFA multiple club ownership rules to the Conference League from the Europa League to the Europa League.
“Textor burns a hole in his pocket after the sale of his shares in Crystal Palace,” Maguire says, “Maguire says.
“He is definitely a colorful character who loves the center of attention. I think some Wednesday fans would probably meet any of the current conditions.”
