Seeing who comes in to replace Jack Hunt could well sum up Sheffield Wednesday’s thoughts on if they're going to compete or not this season. 

Hunt completed a permanent switch to Bristol City on July 6 and fans are interested to see if the money raised from the sale will invested well enough to bring in a better player or not.

If they replace Hunt with a player not of his level, fans might feel slighted that the money from their owners is not being reinvested effectively enough into the playing squad.

On the other hand, if the player coming in is that less of the quality of Hunt, Wednesday fans might start to question the plan for the club. 

The Hunt scenario is one that is representative of the club as a whole with Jordan Rhodes on the verge of leaving Hillsborough after a torrid spell in Yorkshire.

The idea is you sell and buy a player equal or better for a lower fee so the fact Hunt will be hard to replace makes it the ideal barometer to how fans will feel their season is going to go.

Financial Fair Play will always have an effect on clubs and Wednesday will be no different in the need to balance the books.

The owners came in and Wednesday fans could be forgiven for thinking it would be an instant overhaul and they would charge towards to Premier League.

In the last two years, Wednesday lost play-off final and then finishing in the bottom half the table.

The reality is the big spending on the likes of Gary Hooper and Fernando Forestieri will need to be reigned in.

Hunt’s sale is not just one that will hurt Owls fans, it is a symbol of how their transfer activities, and their season could well pan out.