Milan Mandaric returns to Sheffield Wednesday: Can former Owls owner perform another miracle after Chansiri?
Sheffield Wednesday fans took to social media after hearing the encouraging words of Ex-Owls owner, Milan Manderic.
The 86-year-old bought the club in 2010 and quickly became the saviour of S6 securing the club for a pound after the club received a winding up order from HMRC under the current guidance of then owner, Dave Allen.
Mandaric took Sheffield Wednesday from the doldrums of the third tier of English football back into the Championship with the ultimate aim of leaving the club in good hands and to someone who could take them to their rightful place back into the topflight.
But after selling the club to Dejphon Chansiri in 2015 he has kept a quiet distance from the club, but he feels he can no longer sit on the sidelines and vowed to return to Sheffield to convince the current owner to sell the club, as he told BBC Radio Sheffield,
“I’m flying back to England next week to try and meet up with him and try and convince him to sell the club.
“I’m going to tell him that he’s going to destroy the club if he doesn’t let new people get involved,” Mandaric said.
These fighting words were music to the S6 faithful who have been crying out for anyone to take positive action to try and get new owners at the club.
Chansiri has been having a torrid time at the club since his double Championship playoff campaigns ended in disaster and saw them given a points deduction that saw Wednesday return to League One.
Even after the miracle of Hillsborough Chansiri has been the subject of disgruntlement at the club through un-paid wages, late HMRC payments over numerous months and years, telling the fans to pay the HMRC bill instead of him and stating to the fans “that this is his club and not theirs.”
And now the fans seem to have the saviour it has been crying out for with Milan Mandaric vowing he will do what he can to get new owners in Sheffield Wednesday before the worst happens and fans responded in their droves, one fan wrote,
“Mandaric just shows what love he has for the club and the fans. I wish he’d comeback and retake over the club, as Chansiri should never be involved in football ever again. He thought money led to success and didn’t put the right people in charge and led the club to one silly mistake after another.”
Another fan wrote: “If Milan pulls this off, we need to erect a statue in his honour.”
“He maybe the only man who can get through to DC (Dejphon Chansiri) please work your magic Milan, we are counting on you.” (fist bump emoji).
Wednesday seem to have fresh new hope in regard to a takeover being able to go through for the club ahead of the new campaign and Milan once again has to be the clubs superman flying in at the last minute to save a club he fell in love with.