Sheffield Wednesday youngster ruled out of international fixtures following injury blow
Manager Henrik Pedersen has confirmed Sheffield Wednesday youngster Devlan Moses has suffered a hamstring injury, forcing him to pull out of the Northern Ireland Under-21s squad.
The promising striker, who has made six first-team appearances for the Owls this season, was forced off in the opening exchanges of Wednesday’s U21s’ 2-1 defeat to Brentford at Middlewood Road on Friday afternoon.
Moses, 20, had given the young Owls an early lead, scoring his seventh goal in his last four games, but was forced off not long after, sparking fears he could miss out on representing Northern Ireland’s U21s over the upcoming international break.
The striker secured his maiden call-up for the U21s in midweek, and expressed his desire to try and store as many minutes under his belt as possible in their upcoming European Championship qualifiers against Germany and Latvia respectively.
However, he will not be linking up with his international colleagues amid the blow he suffered against Brentford, marking a crushing blow for the youngster, who has previous experience with Northern Ireland at U19s level.
“He has some problems with his hamstring,” Pedersen told The Star. “So he played only 14/15 minutes yesterday.
“I have not got any update now for how long he will be out. No, for sure [he won’t go on international duty].”
Moses has been in terrific form for Wednesday’s U21s in 2026, scoring 11 goals in just seven appearances. That storming run of form featured hat-tricks against Huddersfield Town and Fleetwood Town respectively.
Amid his impressive run of form in front of goal in recent weeks, a growing number of Wednesday supporters have been urging Pedersen to hand out more opportunities to the 20-year-old. However, the Owls boss, speaking after last weekend’s 2-0 defeat to Ipswich Town, admitted it is not that easy.
The Dane said: “We have been speaking a lot with Dev about his fitness, about his number of accelerations, number of high-intensity meetings, number of sprints. He has to increase this a lot.
“And you also see today that there was a top centre-back he played against versus Ipswich. It's a difficult job against Ipswich. But you see that he needs those experiences today to get the sense that this is it, where I have to improve.
“And if I don't improve, then I'll not reach where I want. This is some good experience now, so he can grow from this.”