The Sheffield Wednesday Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Louie Barry stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Louie Barry and Sheffield Wednesday agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Sheffield Wednesday
Louie Barry and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sheffield Wednesday rebuffed over Fredrik Sjøvold
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bodo/Glimt have kept their man, and Sheffield Wednesday go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jack Edwards steps up from the Sheffield Wednesday academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jack Edwards has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sheffield Wednesday promote Jonathan Kelly from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonathan Kelly has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sheffield Wednesday promote Harry Hall from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Harry Hall has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sheffield Wednesday promote Nathan Davies from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nathan Davies has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sheffield Wednesday ask about Victor Vazquez
A loan enquiry to Veracruz: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad10 Aug 2026
6 new faces, and Sheffield Wednesday are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Looking ahead Louie Barry faces his old club
- Squad Joe Lumley has had enough of the bench
- The dugout Olaf Kobacki asks for a word with the manager