Sheffield Wednesday boss Henrik Pedersen gives injury update on Di'Shon Bernard and Ernie Weaver

Bernard, who joined Wednesday almost three years ago after leaving Manchester United, has been sidelined for over a year because of a long-term knee injury that required two rounds of surgery.

The defender, who last featured when the Owls were beaten 2-1 by West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns in February 2025, has been making progress with his recovery in the last few months, offering a glimmer of hope that he could make his highly anticipated return before the end of the season.

Unfortunately, that is looking unlikely to be the case, meaning he is facing the prospect of missing an entire season of his career. There were fears last month he had encountered a fresh setback, forcing him to undergo a scan, but Pedersen later confirmed the centre-back had not done any further damage, insisting he had simply “trained too hard”.

Weaver, meanwhile, has been sidelined since October after undergoing surgery on a foot injury. The Owls academy graduate had made a very positive impression after forcing his way into Pedersen’s plans at the start of this season, making nine appearances in league and cup.

Wednesday, last week, shared images of Weaver out on the grass at the club’s Middlewood Road training base, providing encouragement that his recovery is continuing to head in the right direction.

However, the end of the season is set to arrive too soon for both him and Bernard to make their returns.

“It’s still more or less the same,” Pedersen confirmed at his pre-match press conference on Friday lunchtime. “They will both be fit for after the season so they will not play any games this season, I don’t think.

“We have to be sure that they are coming totally through now and it is going really well. With Dish, it is going really well. In two weeks time we hope that he can come on the grass.

“For Ernie, he is running. They are working really, really hard.”