Month: May 2019
Palmer’s call-up for Euros double-header
New Scotland boss Steve Clarke has named Liam Palmer in his first squad as they prepare for two Euro 2020 qualifiers next month. Palmer’s greatly improved form for Wednesday last season saw him win a first cap against Kazakhstan in March and now the defender has been called up for Scotland’s qualifying games at home […]
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Carlos lands new managerial job
Carlos Carvalhal is back in club management … taking charge of Portuguese club Rio Ave. The former Wednesday boss has been out of work since leaving Swansea in May 2018 and has now signed a one-year deal with Rio Ave, the club having finished seventh in last season’s Primeira Liga.
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Wednesday ‘want £7m for Rhodes’
Wednesday are reportedly asking Norwich to honour the original £7m asking price for Jordan Rhodes if they want to make the striker’s move a permanent one. Rhodes was on loan at Carrow Road last season, with the agreement also including the hefty transfer fee if the Canaries wanted to buy the player. Rhodes struggled to […]
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Atdhe named in Euro qualifier squad
Atdhe Nuhiu has been named in the Kosovo squad for their UEFA Euro qualifiers next month. The Kosovans are away to Montenegro on June 7 and then travel to face Bulgaria three days later. UEFA has rejected Montenegro’s appeal against playing the Kosovo match behind closed doors after some of their supporters racially abused England […]
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Owls pair in Goal of Season top five
Wednesday have three of the five finalists for the Sky Championship Goal of the Season award. Adam Reach’s tremendous long-range efforts at home to Leeds and West Brom and Fernando Forestieri’s 30-yard ‘worldie’ at Norwich have all been selected for the final five. They are joined by John McGinn’s strike against us at Villa Park […]
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Fernando wins Goal of Month award
Fernando Forestieri’s tremendous long-range goal at Norwich has been voted Sky Bet Championship Goal of the Month. The striker’s 30-yard screamer took 72 per cent of the vote for top goal in April.
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‘We need to bring in five or six new faces’
Steve Bruce is targeting five or six new players for next season as he looks to reshape the Wednesday squad for a promotion challenge. The club released the names of six out-of-contract players not being offered new deals within hours of the final game defeat to QPR on Sunday, coupled with four loanees returning to […]
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London Owls present Player of Year award
London Owls Seb Healey and Michael Wilde presented Michael Hector with the London Owls Player of the Year Award before Sunday’s home game finale against QPR. Hector collected most votes from club members, finishing ahead of runner-up, Steven Fletcher, and Barry Bannan in third place. Thanks also to all members who have supported the London […]
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Lee offered new deal by Bruce
Kieran Lee has been offered a new deal to stay at Wednesday, with Steve Bruce hoping the midfielder can recapture his form after 16 months on the sidelines through injury. Lee, a key player in our two play-off seasons, returned to first team action for the first time since December 2017 at Preston last week […]
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Hooper one of six players released by Owls
Wednesday have announced that they will not be offering new contracts to six players. Almen Abdi, George Boyd, Gary Hooper, David Jones, Marco Matias and Daniel Pudil are all out of contract and are being released by the club. Loanees Rolando Aarons, Michael Hector, Achraf Lazaar and Josh Onomah have all returned to their parent […]
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