Neil Thompson airs his and players' views on proposed Sheffield Wednesday takeover

Despite ongoing uncertainty off the pitch, which includes the fact that many of the players have had delays in their salaries being paid in full, Wednesday have crept out of the bottom three and have won six of their last nine games since Thompson took over.

On Monday night, 24 hours before Wednesday were due to take on bottom-of-the-table Wycombe, it was revealed that the club were subject to a takeover bid from one of Dejphon Chansiri’s former advisors, Erik Alonso.

Alonso left his role at the club last month, stating that he feared his reputation could be damaged by his working at Wednesday.

In a statement released on social media, he said: “Unfortunately, due to forces around the club it became untenable to continue especially as the chances of my reputation being affected became apparent.”

Chansiri later said: “It is strange. He has never been official so how is he going to resign?”

Reports confirmed by The Star then surfaced stating that Alonso, with the backing of Indonesian financers, had made a bid to buy Sheffield Wednesday from Chansiri.

The bid, understood to be in the region of £30 million, was rejected outright by the Wednesday chairman and as things stand it is unclear whether Alonso will return with a higher offer.

While all of that is going on, events on the pitch have been a little calmer with Thompson’s run of results since taking over from Tony Pulis in late December making it increasingly more difficult for Chansiri to bring in a new manager at this stage.

And Thompson, since stepping up, has been happy to concentrate on the task at hand – keeping Wednesday in the Championship.

“[The takeover bid] is nothing to do with me,” said Thompson. “When that ball starts rolling, it’s football. It’s what we do, you’ve still got a game to play whatever’s happening. So that doesn’t concern me, and I’m sure it doesn’t concern the players.”