2 weeks Ago By Alex Miller
Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Leeds United sealed automatic promotion from the Championship over the weekend when Owls city rivals Sheffield United lost out to Burnley - with the 2-1 Turf Moor result also sealing the Clarets’ promotion back to the Premier League. Leeds and Burnley will fight out for the title in their last two matches apiece.
After three defeats in their last four matches, the Blades will have to settle for the play-offs. For the latest Owls news straight to your inbox, sign up for The Star’s free Sheffield Wednesday newsletter Advertisement Advertisement Daniel Farke’s Whites are rarely far from the rumour mill headlines and little time has been wasted following confirmation of their promotion, with Football Insider reporting they are interested in Ipswich Town forward George Hirst . Title rivals Burnley are also said to be interested.
The report claims Ipswich are ‘desperate’ to keep hold of the two-cap Scotland international, with the Tractor Boys likely to lose fellow striker Liam Delap in the coming months. Watch every episode of All Wednesday with Joe Crann - interviews, opinion and insight on the Owls every week, on demand on Shots TV here Hirst, son of Wednesday legend David, is a product of the youth system at Middlewood Road and left the club in controversial circumstances in 2018, leaving for Belgian side OH Leuven before moving to Leicester City the following season. Advertisement Advertisement After a number of loan switches, he made his temporary stint with Ipswich Town in 2023 and after back-to-back promotions has made 21 appearances in the Premier League this season.
He made two senior Owls appearances..
