Investment needed at Owls – Turner

Former Sheffield Wednesday manager Chris Turner believes the club will struggle to return to the Premier League unless the board of directors can attract major new investment.

By The Newsroom

Published 15th Jan 2010, 08:46 BST

Updated 15th Jan 2010, 08:47 BST

Turner, sacked by the Owls after two years in charge in 2004, cannot see continued success at Hillsborough until the club get rid of their debt.

Turner said: "Investment in football clubs is very elusive. If he (chairman Lee Strafford) can go and find 10m or 20m, he will have done a tremendous job, but no club can keep promising and not delivering.

"Supporters want to hear you have got it. Sheffield Wednesday fans have had enough of 'it's coming, it's coming, it's coming'. It hasn't arrived. They cannot get back in the Premier League until this cycle is reversed and that can only happen if they get rid of their massive debt."