Sheffield Wednesday players relying on social media for updates on club crisis

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Sheffield Wednesday’s Barry Bannan has revealed that the squad are finding out updates on the club’s situation via social media.The Owls captain discussed the ongoing crisis at Hillsborough that has included unpaid wages and multiple transfer embargoes.Bannan has revealed that Sheffield Wednesday’s players are relying on social media for any updates on the club’s ongoing situationGettyOwner Dejphon Chansiri has come under major fire amid the financial issues that have crippled the club this summer.Players and staff experienced delayed payments in May, June and July, with Sheffield Wednesday being charged by the EFL.Registration embargoes have also been handed out with restrictions on their spending for the next three transfer windows in place. Some of the Owls squad have left the club already after their late payments, leaving the squad extremely thin.And their fans have been protesting against Chansiri and the current situation, staging a mock funeral and chanting for their owner to leave the club during a march earlier this month.Fresh updates on the tough situation continue to be revealed as the Championship season starts picking up pace.But as the news breaks for fans to find out the latest, the Sheffield Wednesday players learn the information at the same time.Speaking on talkSPORT Breakfast on Tuesday, captain Bannan discussed the club’s struggles with Jeff Stelling and Ally McCoist.Host Stelling asked whether Bannan had any updates, with the Scotsman replying: “Not really.“We’ve just been going in to train and do the football side of things.”Sheffield Wednesday are under multiple embargoes following late paymentsGettyHe continued: “Obviously, you hear a lot of noise that’s going around on social media nowadays as well.“That’s all that we’ve really as players have seen, just what everyone else is seeing, so we’re just going in and doing our job to try and get results for the football club.”Bannan also revealed that he had recently spoken to owner Chansiri, but only to work out the squad’s bonuses this season. “I spoke to him just before the season started, that was just regarding a bonus schedule going forward into the season,” he added.“You look at it every season, and we had to change to bonuses a little bit, given the squad we’ve got at the current time. “Last season, there was payment towards promotion, this season is probably staying in the league, so we had to change that.” Sheffield Wednesday continue to fight on the pitch and they grabbed a point at Wrexham to get their season up and runningGettySheffield Wednesday stick togetherDespite the ongoing troubles at the club, Sheffield Wednesday continue to fight for results on the pitch. The issues have led to the squad being ripped apart, but with their limited resources, they have still managed to pick up a comeback draw away at Wrexham and a penalty win in the Carabao Cup.“At this club at the minute, if there’s something that we have got, it’s togetherness,” Bannan told talkSPORT Breakfast.“There are probably 14 to 15 senior players, some of those are 22 and not that experienced playing first-team football.“But it’s good because we’ve got a lot of boys who have been there for a few years who are holding it all together. “The togetherness got us the point in the end [against Wrexham], which was a bit of good news for the fans and it’s probably started our season.” Owls fans have not stopped supporting their team despite the terrible situationGetty‘Very thankful’Bannan piled praise onto the Sheffield Wednesday fans for their support throughout this tough period. The Owls fans have been incredible in their opening fixtures as they continue to support the team amid their hatred for Chansiri.“They’ve been amazing, especially at the away games, they’ve been unbelievable,” Bannan said. “We’ve really felt that support.“Last season, if we went 2-0 down away, it wouldn’t have been applause, but this season is going a bit different. “We walked off at half-time [against Wrexham] and they were still right behind us and trying to galvanise us. “We’re very thankful and very aware of that and if it has done something good for us, it’s brought us close together.” Live on talkSPORTTonight, Sheffield Wednesday take on rivals Leeds in the Carabao Cup second round at Hillsborough, live on talkSPORT 2.It represents a difficult task for the Owls, but Bannan is just happy to be playing and taking the focus off the hard times.“In pre-season, it was hard with what was going on, we didn’t have many friendlies,” he said. “But as soon as the season starts, you get the buzz for the first game and playing proper fixtures.“Tonight it’s Leeds, a local derby, it takes the focus off everything that’s going on and you just concentrate on playing football and being a footballer.“I’m just glad the season has started, as are the rest of the lads. It takes away all the news around the club at the minute.”You can follow live coverage of Sheffield Wednesday vs Leeds on talkSPORT this evening, with commentary coming from Sam Matterface and former England Women’s striker Tash Dowie.To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.