Danny Röhl has plenty of work to do as he looks to prepare his Owls side for another run at the Championship that hopefully doesn’t end with a relegation battle, and in order to do that they’re going to need to get some new players through the door - as well as agree terms with some of those currently on their books.
A whole host of contracts will expire at the end of June, and while the decision has been made to offer new deals to seven players, six of them - including George Byers, Lee Gregory and Reece James - will definitely be moving on.
Barry Bannan, Cameron Dawson, Di’Shon Bernard, Dominic Iorfa, Liam Palmer, Will Vaulks and Josh Windass have all been offered the option to stay at Hillsborough for next season, but until things are finalised the Owls have just 12 senior players on their books - and one of them has only made a couple of first team appearances.
Here’s how Wednesday’s squad for the upcoming campaign looks as things stand:
9. Mallik Wilks
It's thought that Wilks has one year left on his contract at Wednesday. Things haven't quite worked out for him at Hillsborough, but it'll be interesting to see what the coming months bring. | Getty Images
10. Callum Paterson
Like with Johnson, Wednesday had an option to extend the contract that Paterson signed last summer, and it was always expected that they were going to do so. That was confirmed last week. | Getty Images
11. Owls Bailey Cadamarteri Pic Steve Ellis
FIGUREHEAD: Striker Bailey Cadamarteri has led the way for Sheffield Wednesday's current crop of youngsters Photo: Steve Ellis
12. Michael Smith
He signed a three-year deal when he came on board from Rotherham, and will enter into the final year of that in a few weeks' time. | PA