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Sheffield Wednesday rumours: Owls step up chase for towering defender, Derby County could sign Champions League winner

Sheffield Wednesday are hard at work preparing for next season, as they prepare to lose a host of players at the end of the month and look to rebuild with quality signings over the course of the summer.

The Owls were condemned to relegation on the final day of last season, with a 3-3 draw with Derby County not enough to see them avoid the drop, and the side will now be playing League One football in the 2021/22 campaign - for the first time in a decade.

Discussing Wednesday's need to rebuild, former star player Carlton Palmer gave his verdict on the club's predicament, and claimed: “The players who are there now can’t do that [win promotion], in my opinion. The players can’t do that because if they could do that, they wouldn’t have got relegated.

“Darren's (Moore) got to be shrewd in getting those players out, getting money in and bringing the right type of player into the football club to get promotion. Out of that current squad, I mean there’s a few that I would keep out the team that played on the final weekend.

“I’d keep Barry Bannan. I think he’s given his all for the club, I think he’s a very good player, who is certainly better than League One.

“I have to question a lot of the other players and I have to question a lot of the salaries that they’re earning and I think they have to consider whether it would be a good thing to use this opportunity to clear the decks of players who are earning big salaries who haven’t delivered.“Simple as that, they just haven’t delivered for the club.”Here are today's biggest transfer stories and the latest team news involving Sheffield Wednesday and the rest of the Championship, as the reaction to last season and the build-up to summer transfer window continues: