Sheffield Wednesday Defender Ernie Weaver will miss months of action while undergoing surgery on an ankle problem, reports Andy Giddings.
Sheffield Wednesday the 2025/26 campaign hoped to play a team that is built around more experienced first-team players. Current financial problems and a series of transfer embargos, however, seriously limited the options of SWFC in the market.
The club succeeded in bringing in only two players during the summer window, Credit signs Ethan Horvath and Harry Collect. Limited with recruitment, manager Henrik Pedersen has turned to the club’s academy for much needed reinforcements.
Young people have often filled the bank and several have even earned places in the starting line -up. One of those emerging talents is teenage defender Ernie Weaver, whose striking displays have quickly attracted attention.
Unfortunately for SWFC and Weaver, the defender is now set for a spell on the sidelines. According to BBC Sheffield Reporter Andy GiddingsThrough X, Weaver, surgery must undergo an ankle problem.
The defender played the problem at the start of this season. However, he will come out “for months” in a huge blow to Sheffield Wednesday.
Ernie Weaver’s Sheffield on Wednesday statistics in the championship – via Photo mob
| Games | Minutes played | Clean sheets |
| 6 | 354 | 1 |
Sheffield Wednesday cannot replace Wever
Pedersen already has a bare bone team to work with, but even with the injury of Weaver he cannot make additions. This is due to the transfer embargos that the club is currently being placed under.
With six transfer bars that are currently mentioned, no more permitted players can sign on Wednesday. Outside a window, clubs under Embargo can only sign free agents when they have fewer than 16 allowed players, players with three or more competition at the current level of a club or higher.
SWFC currently has 16 players who fit into their team in that form. That is why they cannot make movements for free agents, not even with the absence of Weaver.
Time for another young person to perform?
Sheffield on Wednesday already has a number of young defenders in and around the team of the first team to replace Weaver. Due to the shortage of players in the first team, SWFC does not have much choice than to trust the youth players.
Gabriel Otegbayo, Joe Emery and 16-year-old Yisa Alao were able to intervene with the absence of Weaver. Otegbayo will be the most likely candidate, because he already has 24 first team performances.
Emery and Alao have made both debut for the club this season in the EFL Cup. However, they can get their league debut now that their colleague -younger is set for a spell.
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