Sheffield Wednesday academy manager Steve Haslam is leaving the club to take up another job, according to The Star.
Sheffield Wednesday are hoping a brighter future lays ahead of them with Danny Rohl at the helm and the club looking to cement themselves as a Championship regular again.
They returned from League One and survived by the skin of their teeth thanks to the impact of German rookie Rohl. He was then trusted with a rebuild of the squad in the summer and after a slow start, the Owls look to be finding their feet.
There’s been a few academy players who have emerged in the senior ranks since Rohl’s arrival, much to the credit of the work of the youth staff at Middlewood.
However, it looks as though there will be a big change to the Sheffield Wednesday academy setup.
According to a report from The Star, the Owls are set to see academy manager Steve Haslam depart. He is moving on to take up a job elsewhere, it is said, leaving the Championship side in need of a new chief.
Haslam, who played for Wednesday during his playing career, has served as academy manager since 2017 having worked in a host of other youth coaching roles with the club beforehand.
There haven’t been all that many players to come through the Sheffield Wednesday ranks and lock down starting berths over recent years.
Of course, one-club man Liam Palmer remains on the books and is firmly amongst the club legends at Hillsborough. He is the only player still in the squad to be have stuck around long-term.
There are a handful of upcoming hopefuls though.
Bailey Cadamarteri emerged in the senior picture last season and looks destined for a future with the club, barring someone swooping in from elsewhere. He’s currently impressing out on loan at Lincoln City.
Pierce Charles has been serving as backup to James Beadle and is touted as a future number one too, while Sean Fusire and Gabriel Otegbayo will be hoping to prove they can have roles too.
Searching for a replacement
After seven years of Haslam at the helm, Sheffield Wednesday will now search for his replacement.
Clubs often hire figures who are already in-house for these roles. It helps that these figures know the club and the pathway to the first-team, so if not someone already in the setup, perhaps it will be someone familiar with life at Hillsborough.
It won’t be an easy task to replace someone who has been on board for seven years but the club hierarchy are sure to have contenders in mind.
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