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Sheffield Wednesday’s financial decisions are in the headlines yet again.
Dejphon Chansiri is at the centre of it all yet again.
Only this time, his decisions may deal the worst and most devastating blow of his tenure in charge of the south Yorkshire club.
Just last week, the Owls were charged by the EFL for misconduct over the sale of their Hillsborough stadium to their owner, Chansiri.
The club do indeed plan on contesting the decision regardless of the course of punishment that will soon ensue. It is expected that Wednesday could be made an example of with talk of them receiving a 12-point deduction at the very least.
Such a penalty would put their promotion hopes in tatters as it will see them sink to the border of the relegation zone.
Whether it is fair or not is an argument for another day, but you have to admit it was a long time coming as his four-year tenure has seen the club flirting with such dangers multiple times.
Chansiri once told fans at a forum, “if we don’t go up soon, we will break [the Football League’s financial fair play rules],” according to the Yorkshire Post.
He even admitted on the same night that “We broke [the Football League’s profitability and sustainability] rules a lot, eight figures high.”
The lure of top-flight football is all just too much for some to abide by regulations as the exploitation of them can often hand a team an advantage, unless caught like in this instance.
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Wednesday have also suffered from multiple transfer embargoes in the past too.
The intention and end goal has always been on the right path as ultimately everyone wants to be in the Premier League, just the execution has been far from ideal, let alone legal.
It’s about time the Owls owner was held accountable for his actions as it will be a case of when rather than if over the repercussions and he’s just cost any chance of Garry Monk succeeding this season.
