Juan Delgado: Sheffield Wednesday sign Chile defender from Pacos de Ferreira

The 30-year-old has 13 caps for his native country, and worked under new Owls boss Xisco Munoz at Spanish side Gimnastic

de Tarragona.

His last appearance for Chile came at right-back against Bolivia in June.

Sheffield Wednesday target completes loan transfer as Owls miss out

Sheffield Wednesday’s search for an ew goalkeeper will have to continue after Bailey Peacock-Farrell completed a loan move

away from Burnley.

Owls boss, Xisco, confirmed whilst away on preseason camp in Spain that Peacock-Farrell was one of the names on their list

of targets ahead of the new season, but it became apparent later in the week that he’d attracted interest from abroad –

notable from Danish top-flight outfit, Aarhus.

Now, on the same day that Wednesday completed the signing of defender, Juan Delgado, it has been confirmed that BPF – a

Northern Ireland international – has completed his switch to the Danish Superliga.

Sheffield Wednesday have completed the signing of Chilean international, Juan Delgado, as he becomes the first signing of

the Xisco era.

The Star reported earlier today that the 30-year-old from Santiago had touched down in the United Kingdom ahead of his

proposed move to Hillsborough, and now it’s been confirmed that he has put pen to paper on a contract with the Owls.

Delgado knows the new Wednesday boss from their time together at Gimnastic de Tarragona, and no doubt that played a big

part in his decision to make the move to S6 over some of the other options that he will have had following Pacos de Ferreira’s

relegation from the Portuguese top-flight.

A statement on the club’s official website read, “Chilean international Juan Delgado has joined Wednesday from Portuguese

side Paços de Ferreira. The South American is reunited with new Owls manager Xisco after the two forged ties at Spanish

club Gimnàstic de Tarragona. Xisco managed Gimnàstic when Delgado was on the books in 2016… Welcome to Wednesday,

Juan!”

The former Tondela man played 74 games across all competitions for Pacenses prior to his Wednesday switch, including two

in the UEFA Europa Conference League agains Tottenham Hotspur in the 2021/22 campaign. This summer he played three

times for Chile, starting twice, as they beat Cuba and the Dominican Republic before drawing with Bolivia.

He joins on a permanent basis at Hillsborough, however there has been no confirmation of whether there was a transfer fee

or how long he has signed on for in S6.