EFL drop all charges against Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri

The Owls put out a statement late on Friday evening, revealing misconduct charges, brought last year, against Chansiri, plus Katrien Meire and John Redgate, had all been dropped.

The statement read: "The EFL has written to the Club and informed it that the EFL has dropped all of the charges it issued against Mr Chansiri, Ms Meire and Mr Redgate on 14 November 2019.

"Each of the individuals considers this a vindication of their defence of the charges. In the Club’s view this decision is a recognition of the strength of the evidence that the Club has filed before league arbitration panels, which demonstrated that there was no proper basis for the charges.

"The charges against the Club will proceed to a hearing and the Club will continue to vigorously defend those charges. No further comment will be made at this stage."

The charges relate to the sale of Hillsborough, and the club's attempts to comply with financial fair play rules.