Mandaric quashes Megson dismissal rumours at Sheffield Wednesday
The Owls suffered a fourth consecutive defeat when beaten by bottom of the table Chesterfield at the weekend but Mandaric said: “He is our manager and at the moment we have no other plans.”
Mandaric confirmed that he had met Megson yesterday but stressed that it was not for talks about his future.
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Former Wednesday academy director Clive Baker has died, aged 74.
Baker spent 20 years with the Owls and was a member of the club’s backroom staff under managers Howard Wilkinson, Ron Atkinson, Trevor Francis and David Pleat.
He was appointed academy director in 1998 before retiring in 2004.