The 35-year-old helped fire the Owls to promotion from League One but hasn’t been favoured by Danny Rohl since his arrival at Hillsborough in October.
There’s other players out of contract and there’s a lot of uncertainty, it seems, about who stays and who goes.
Reports have suggested that Barry Bannan and Josh Windass are in line few new contracts this summer, though Windass recently suggested that a lot of the players are waiting to see what happens with Rohl this summer.
Dejphon Chansiri, the owner of Sheffield Wednesday, and Rohl are currently negotiating a contract. Should Rohl commit his long-term future to the team, many of the players may follow suit.
However, reporter Joe Crann has now verified that the Owls will lose another player this summer.
George Byers set to leave Sheffield Wednesday
Crann has recently disclosed on X that popular midfielder George Byers of Sheffield Wednesday will be a free agent this summer, leaving the team.
Unfortunately, his time in South Yorkshire has come to an end. He was a fan favourite for his technical and vivacious performances during Sheffield Wednesday’s 2022–2023 promotion-winning season, where he scored six goals and provided three assists.
He was also playing frequently under Rohl, but in the January transfer window, Sheffield Wednesday made the perplexing choice to send him on loan to Blackpool.
Since then, Byers has performed admirably for the Seasiders, making 16 appearances in League One and contributing one assist, all while receiving compliments for many of his efforts.
Before the summer, Crann claims that “a queue is forming” for Byers, with “interest in England and overseas” in addition to interest from some of Sheffield Wednesday’s competitors.
