Defender Max Lowe is another player on a growing list of Sheffield Wednesday players that are of January interest to other clubs, The Star understands.

Manager Henrik Pedersen admitted earlier this week that the club were aware of outside admiration for a number of players in his threadbare squad, with skipper Barry Bannan revealed to have been the subject of serious interest from clubs both in the Championship and north of the border.

The Star has reason to believe that Lowe, one of the few senior players in Pedersen’s squad, was the target of an enquiry from Scottish giants Rangers early on in the window. The Ibrox club are managed by former Owls boss Danny Röhl, the man who brought him to Hillsborough in the summer of 2024. It is not known whether Rangers are likely to return with a formal offer this window.

Max Lowe has interest away from Sheffield Wednesday

It’s believed that the likelihood of the 28-year-old leaving Hillsborough this month is slim as things stand, with sources suggesting the player having expressed no immediate desire to leave the club. Lowe is among the players currently injured and is coming towards the end of his contract at Hillsborough, with the club holding no extension trigger on his deal.

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As a team based outside of England, Rangers have the ability to offer Lowe pre-contract terms as he is in the final few months of his deal at S6. A consortium led by James Bord is working through an EFL vetting process having been given preferred bidder status by Wednesday’s administrators Begbies Traynor. Until the club is placed into new hands, players await true clarity on the landscape of their futures.

Bailey Cadamarteri, Yisa Alao, Charlie McNeill and Pierce Charles are all also known to be coveted elsewhere as clubs look to take advantage of Wednesday’s ongoing status in administration. In their last official correspondence, however, joint administrator Kris Wigfield suggested the consortium looking to take ownership of the club had agreed to take on the club’s running costs in the intervening period.

It would suggest there is no immediate need for any firesale, though the understanding remains that fair offers are to be considered. A statement read in part: “The Preferred Bidder has deposited a large non-refundable deposit with the Administrators and given further financial commitments to fund the Club’s losses until this process completes.”