Sheffield Wednesday depth chart as transformative summer transfer window ends with 18 new signings
Sheffield Wednesday brought an exciting summer transfer window to a close by signing Davis Keillor-Dunn on loan from Wrexham.
Eighteen signings later and Sheffield Wednesday’s transformative summer transfer window has finally come to an end.
Their 18th and final signing of the window was confirmed almost 48 hours after the window had closed, but Wednesday were always confident they would make Davis Keillor-Dunn their final addition of an impressive summer.
The 28-year-old has joined the Owls on loan from Wrexham until January, adding another dimension to manager Henrik Pedersen’s new-look attacking options. The challenge the Dane now has is attempting to put this new jigsaw together.
However, after navigating last season with very few options, it is a challenge he will almost certainly be relishing.
Wednesday have strengthened just about every position within their squad, rebuilding their goalkeeping department, strengthening at centre-back, building a new-look midfield and bringing in a collection of attacking players.
But it was no secret that Wednesday were going to have to assemble almost an entirely new squad this summer. Now that the shutters have come down on a breathtaking summer transfer window, The Star has had a look at just how the Owls’ squad is shaping up.
Wednesday’s post-transfer window squad:
Goalkeepers: Joe Lumley, Ashley Maynard-Brewer, Connal Trueman & Jack Phillips.
Full-backs: Liam Palmer, Yan Valery, Max Lowe & Reece James.
Centre-backs: Ricardo Santos, Di’Shon Bernard, Liam Cooper, Sil Swinkels, Gabriel Otegbayo, Ernie Weaver, Cole McGhee & Joe Emery.
Midfielders: Barry Bannan, Billy Mitchell, Sean Fusire, Jaden Heskey, Tyler Onyango, Jarvis Thornton & Callum Slattery.
Attackers: Jordi Liongola (also a full-back option), Kieran Morrison, Louie Barry, Davis Keillor-Dunn, Will Grainger, Harry Gray, Jamal Lowe, Ali Al-Hamadi, Mason Burstow, George Brown & Devlan Moses.
Wednesday are currently without a number of players through injury, including Max Lowe, Swinkels, Onyango, Liongola and Barry, but they have made enormous strides in a very short space of time, adding both quality and depth to their squad across multiple areas.
In attack, for example, Pedersen, who has started this season with a 4-2-3-1 system, is spoilt for choice. Jamal Lowe, Slattery, Barry and Burstow have started the last two league games as his preferred front four, but the unfortunate loss of Barry to an ankle injury means he will be forced into at least one change against Peterborough United this weekend.
Whether Keillor-Dunn will be thrown straight into the team or Liverpool loanee Morrison will be tasked with playing from the left remains to be seen, but Wednesday certainly aren't without options. Gray has also demonstrated that he is a versatile operator, capable of playing through the middle or out wide, as can Burstow.
Further arrivals via the free-agent market have not been ruled out, meaning there could still be room for one or two more additions to the squad in the coming weeks. However, Wednesday find themselves in a very strong position, having assembled a squad packed with quality and depth in most areas.