Fans rage at football club owner after he demanded staggering £2m payment from supporters - 'This is crisis'
Football news: Fans have raged at Dejphon Chansiri and his stunning suggestion to help the club
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Football fans have raged at Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri after he suggested supporters should pay £2million to help the club.
The Owls are currently struggling to pay players and staff members following their promotion last season and could be banned from signing players for the next three transfer windows.
Chansiri made the suggestion earlier on Wednesday, saying: "With HMRC, if we don’t pay until, say, the fifth of November, then that means it’s been 14 days, but if we don’t pay wages as well then that’s five days - that means a total of 19 days. Each issue counts separately.
“If 20,000 people gave £100 then it’s £2m, and it’d be clear - so we can finish it.
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Chansiri made the suggestion earlier on Wednesday, saying: "With HMRC, if we don’t pay until, say, the fifth of November, then that means it’s been 14 days, but if we don’t pay wages as well then that’s five days - that means a total of 19 days. Each issue counts separately.
“If 20,000 people gave £100 then it’s £2m, and it’d be clear - so we can finish it.
"That would cover everything, HMRC and the wages.
"That would need to be done before November 10th if they don’t want to pass the 30 days, but that means that there can be no next time.
"It’d need to be before to make it safe - if it was on the fifth then there would be 10 days left.
"If we were to hit 30 days then we’ll get a ban for three windows.”
And football fans have now turned on the Thai billionaire and feel his suggestion is ridiculous given the wealth he possesses.
"Damnnn this is crisis!!" were the words of one X user.
"Emm...you own the club," stated another.
A third said: "Why not just sell? Trying to make the fans guilty for your own mistakes."
A fourth opined: "Put the club up for sale, someone capable might be willing to buy."
Another vented: "Making the fans suffer for your mistakes just sell the club."
A sixth said: "If that's the words that came out from the owner's mouths then I'd rather the club gets transfer embargo and financial sanctions, I wouldn't want him to continue to be the owner, how shameless can you be."
And a seventh vented: "Oughta be an intervention, what a disgrace of an owner."
Chansiri has been the owner of the club for the past nine years.
And he feels he's well within his right to ask for a donation, saying: "Why would I need to play a game? If I don’t pay my staff and they get mad with me then my club is going to be worse.
"If the staff don’t get money, they don’t do their job and the club is worse off.
"Why would I take the risk to make problems for my people?
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"That is my last choice to do.
"I always try to protect my people as much as I can, but if I try my best and cannot do it, then my people must understand.
"If they don’t understand then I cannot help that.
"I can create trouble since Covid if I want to, I did not do it.
"You do not understand how important this club is to me and my family.
"I have been here nine years and it is a part of my life.”