The Owls have endured a quiet summer on the transfer front with the only incoming seeing them turn Reece James’ loan

arrangement from Blackpool into a permanent deal.

Sheffield Wednesday have been linked with a swoop for ex-Glasgow Rangers forward Andy Dallas. He is without a club after

allowing his contract at non-league Solihull Moors to expire.

He notched 21 times in the National League last term, in a campaign that saw him play for not just Moors but also

Chesterfield. He spent two months with the Spireites, on loan, and hit a purple patch as they reached the play-off final only

to cruelly lose out to Notts County. He scored the opener in the Wembley classic, which finished 2-2 after extra-time before

County edged it on penalties to end their EFL exile.

Dallas started his career at Ibrox progressing through their famed youth academy but he failed to make a senior appearance.

A spell at Cambridge followed before he hooked up with Moors in 2021. Ironically he also lost out in the National League

play-off final in his first season with them, as Grimsby saw them off in extra-time.

Now, Football Insider report that the Owls are one of a clutch of EFL clubs interested in Dallas. Barnsley, who the Owls

defeated in last term’s League One play-off final, Wigan Athletic and Cheltenham Town are also credited with tracking

Dallas. It should be noted that Dallas, 23, has never played above League Two level in England.

Wednesday have endured a painfully slow summer on the recruitment front with the only incoming seeing them turn Reece

James’ loan arrangement into a permanent deal. New manager Xisco Munoz this weekend took his squad to his native Spain

for a week-long training camp. Prior to jetting off he had expressed his hope that deals could be rubber-stamped before the

trip but the wait goes on for a fanbase eager for news of more arrivals.

The Owls’ first game of their Spain stay is against Real Murcia on Tuesday night. Yorkshire Live will be out in Murcia

early this week to bring comprehensive coverage of the camp, including coverage of both the aforemetioned game and next

Friday’s warm-up versus Eldense.

Familiar face returns to Sheffield Wednesday as another staff member is added

Sheffield Wednesday have another new addition to their staff, with a familar face returning to the setup with the Owls this

summer.

Dean Taylor was spotted back with Wednesday at their preseason camp in Valencia on Sunday, with the experienced physio

coming on board to aid head physiopherapist, Antonio Quintela, at S6.

Taylor has plenty of experience in the game having spent the best part of a decade working with the Owls in the past, leaving

in 2014 to join the Bahrain Football Association. He was part of the successful setup that navigated promotion out of League

One back in the 2011/12 campaign.

Xisco has a host of new additions to his staff as they got Spanish camp underway on Sunday, with Taylor coming on board

alongside new assistant, Miguel Angel Munoz, new first team coach, Roberto Cuesta Roman, and new goalkeeping coach

Antonello Brambilla – all were present on the pitches on Sunday.

The team trained for over an hour and a half in the morning in temperatures of around 30 degrees, and will be back out

again in the evening for their second session of the day.

Wednesday face Real Murcia in their first friendly on Tuesday, before facing CD Eldense on Friday morning.

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