A Thai consortium have completed their takeover of Sheffield Wednesday, according to Sports Mole.

The Owls have finally been taken over
The Owls have finally been taken over

The takeover has been a long time coming for the Owls, and a £30 million takeover has now taken place at the Sky Bet Championship club.

Milan Mandaric has sold 100% of the shareholding in the club to Thai businessman Mr Dejphon Chansiri.

A statement on the club's official site reads: 'Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are extremely pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached between Milan Mandaric on behalf of UKFI Limited and Mr Dejphon Chansiri to acquire 100% of the shareholding in the football club.

Mr Chansiri is a distinguished businessman in Thailand whose family control the Thai Union Frozen Group, the world’s largest producer of tuna as well as one of the biggest worldwide general seafood producers.'

Chansiri spoke of his delight to the club's official site, saying: “I am very excited at the prospect of taking over control from Milan. I believe this club has huge potential and I can assure all our supporters that I will be working extremely hard to bring the success that I already sense from my short time in your city our supporters so desperately crave.”

He added: “My son Att, who was a mascot at the recent Blackpool game, is passionate about football and I know will be my inspiration in this project. I have made the same promise to him as I do our supporters, he will not let me forget this until we are back in the Premier League.”

“Milan has been a wonderful owner of the club, taking over at a very difficult time and guiding it out of League One and handing it over with much still to play for this season in the Championship. I am pleased he has agreed to remain a supporter of the club, I am sure with his football knowledge and business expertise he will be of invaluable help to me.”

Milan Mandaric also spoke of his delight and happiness in finally securing the sale of the club, telling the club website: “From the first time I met Dejphon I felt he was the right person for this fantastic club, his business expertise and passion made him stand out from the other interested parties that I have spoken to since I announced that Mr Mammadov could no longer fulfil his obligation to purchase the club.”

Stuart Gray's Sheffield Wednesday currently sit in ninth position in the Sky Bet Championship, having accumulated 38 points from 27 league games.