The shifting of changing room culture at Sheffield Wednesday is a continuing process - and is one that informed transfer policy in what was a manic summer of change at S6.

The Owls brought in a host of players of a range of profiles in a much-needed active transfer window and have raced to the top of League One after an impressive start to the campaign. Unprecedented circumstances last season saw the club relegated from the Championship having finished on zero points thanks to deductions, with senior figures both in the changing room and above having spoken about the need to reinstate full, professional standards that were perhaps difficult to uphold given all that was going on.

The Star has previously reported the outlining of a fines policy at Hillsborough and the implementation of a more formalised senior players group that will be tasked in part with upholding standards ranging from time keeping to behaviour around Middlewood Road.

Henrik Pedersen has spoken on a number of occasions about the human aspect of being a footballer. Vice-captain Barry Bannan has outlined part of that and suggested it has informed transfer policy - and their snappy start to the campaign - in recent months.

“The manager is really big on it, before being a good player, he's interested in the human and being the right human for the changing room. You can be the best player, but if you drag the changing room down with the way you act and go about day-to-day things, then you're no good for the club.

“You can see everybody is pushing in the same direction. We're all on board and willing to fight to get as many points as we can. There’s a big hunger here and it's amazing. You can see everybody is hungry to win games.”