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Owls at double in transfer market
Wednesday have made a double transfer capture just days before the Championship kicks off with the signings of winger Modou Sougou and left back Rhoys Wiggins. Senegalese international Sougou, 30, has joined on a two-year contract after leaving Marseille by mutual consent and will wear shirt number 24. Wiggins, 27, joins from Charlton for an […]
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Why Loovens missed St Mirren game
Glenn Loovens missed the final pre-season game against St Mirren as a precaution, ahead of next Saturday’s Championship opener against Bristol City. Loovens is suffering an ankle injury and Carlos Carvalhal said the defender was still feeling pain so he was left out of the squad “to protect him” for the City clash. Carvalhal also paid tribute […]
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Joao can become top player says Carlos
Lucas Joao is very much a striker for the future says head coach Carlos Carvalhal. The 21-year-old came on as a second-half substitute against St Mirren, just 24 hours after joining the Owls, and Carvalhal said afterwards: “He’s a very young player, one for the future, and the fans need to be patient with him.” Carvalhal said […]
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‘Fans can make S6 difficult for visitors’
Head coach Carlos Carvalhal praised the Wednesday fans after today’s win over St Mirren and talked of how the supporters can play their part in helping to improve home form in the upcoming season. Referring to our dismal home record in the last campaign, Carvalhal said he knew the side had problems winning games at […]
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Carvalhal upbeat after impressive display
Carlos Carvalhal was pleased with Wednesday’s all-round display after the 5-0 victory over St Mirren this afternoon. The head coach pointed to the way the team created space and to the organisation of the side, both with and without the ball. He said we still need to work on stepping up the pace at times […]
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Owls hit five in final warm-up game
Wednesday finished our pre-season friendlies in fine style with a 5-0 win over St Mirren at Hillsborough this afternoon. We led 3-0 at half-time with goals from Atdhe Nuhiu, Vincent Sasso and a Lewis McGugan free kick and built on this with a further effort from Nuhiu soon after the break and then a cracker […]
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Number’s up for new signing
New signing Lucas Joao will wear shirt number 18 after becoming Wednesday’s ninth close season acquisition. The striker has signed a four-year deal at Hillsborough for an undisclosed fee, joining from Portuguese Primeira Liga side Nacional, and linking up with former Nacional team mate Marco Matias at S6.
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Lees extends his stay at Wednesday
Tom Lees has extended his contract at Hillsborough until 2019. The central defender, who had an excellent first season at S6, had two years of his previous contract left to run and the new deal takes him up to the summer of 2019.
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Owls poised to make ninth summer signing
Rhoys Wiggins is reportedly on the verge of joining the Owls from Charlton in a £750,000 deal. We are thought to have agreed the fee for the 27-year-old left back and the transfer could be confirmed before the friendly at Scunthorpe on Wednesday … taking our number of summer signings to nine.
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Dielna ruled out for start of season
Claude Dielna will miss the Championship kick off in a fortnight’s time after suffering a toe injury. Dielna pick up the problem in last weekend’s friendly at York. He did not travel with the squad to Portugal and is expected to be ruled up for up to a month. Keiren Westwood, Jack Hunt and Sam […]
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