Sheffield Wednesday face EFL action and possible walkout after failing to pay players.

• The club missed payments for the third time in four months.
• Danny Röhl anticipated to resign and is discussing severance.

Sheffield Wednesday are facing further disciplinary action from the EFL, as well as a possible player walkout, after failing to pay the entire squad’s salary for the third time in four months. The Guardian has learnt that, while some of the club’s younger players received their June pay on Monday, not all of Danny Röhl’s team was paid, placing the club in violation of EFL regulations and risking losing players on free transfers. Wednesday is said to have called the affected players, apologising and promising to pay them in full, albeit they did not provide a payment date.

According to FIFA player status laws, any player who has not received their contract remuneration on the due date for two consecutive months may terminate their contract by giving their employer written notice, with the club having 15 days to reclaim control of their contract by making payment. Wednesday would then have two weeks to pay enough salaries to avert a general walkout, but the club will still face EFL action.

The club was prohibited this week from paying transfer fees until January 2027 for surpassing “30 days of late payments” to players in the preceding 12 months, as well as paying salaries late in March and missing payroll seven times in the previous four years.

The EFL is closely monitoring the situation and is expected to refer it to an independent committee on Wednesday, with options for sanctions including a prolonged transfer embargo, fine, and points loss.

The Professional Footballers’ Association is also involved and offers support to the players. Röhl is also slated to leave, and he was not at the training site when the majority of the players returned for preseason last Thursday. All of the German’s coaching staff are out of contract beginning Tuesday, and he is said to be negotiating his own severance package.

Dejphon Chansiri, the club’s owner, is ready to sell Wednesday and has received proposals from at least two US consortiums, but neither has satisfied his valuation. The Thai millionaire has spent hundreds of millions of pounds on Wednesdays over the last decade, but his financing has dried up due to the falling profitability of his family’s food empire, the Thai Union Group.

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