Stefan Borson: Sheffield Wednesday are ‘almost certain’ to land 15-point deduction

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Under the EFL rules, Sheffield Wednesday will be deducted 15 points next season if the club’s creditors don’t receive 25p per £1 from the takeover. They almost certainly now are going to have a 15-point deduction next season as well because the lower bid is going to mean that the unsecured creditors are not going to have what they need.

It’s not going to be straightforward. By the end of the season, Sheffield Wednesday will have almost no contracted players, so you’re to have to completely rebuild the squad.” Why Sheffield Wednesday’s new owner is facing stadium issueBorson revealed the new owner will have to make improvements to the stadium after completing their takeover.

“You have got to deal with the stadium situation and, according to Bord, who you would think has done the most work on the stadium, there’s a load of work to do on the stadium that they weren’t expecting, so we don’t know what that means,” said Borson. “There’s going to be all sorts of challenges.