Sheffield Wednesday will look to try and sell on this attacker who is worth more than Josh Windass.
Sheffield Wednesday will hope, when next season comes around and a first ball is kicked, that Danny Rohl is still occupying his position as manager in the Hillsborough dug-out.
Wednesday supporters will know that there’s no guarantee that the South Yorkshire side will be the most stable club over the off-season, with Darren Moore’s fractious relationship with owner Dejphon Chansiri resulting in the promotion-winning boss being given the boot last summer, and so they will just pray for a more subdued and quiet environment this time around with the German hopefully staying put.
There is bound to be change when it comes to who is playing on the pitch for the Championship outfit, however, with a number of the troops at Rohl’s disposal currently uneasy over their futures owing to their contracts running down.
Away from the likes of Barry Bannan and Liam Palmer not yet putting pen to paper on an extension, Michael Smith could be heading for the exit door – even with his current deal being in place until 2025 – with the Owls wanting to profit on their previously prolific centre-forward before it’s too late.
Michael Smith’s bright start at Sheffield Wednesday
Heading into this Championship campaign, off the back of the most dramatic promotion stories under Moore, many would have expected in South Yorkshire that Smith would be the main talisman up top to lead Wednesday back into the second tier and fire in the goals.
The prolific attacker at League One level would live up to his reputation for the Owls in that division, bagging 17 goals in the league for the eventual promotion-chasers which would take his total in the third tier across his esteemed career to an impressive 75 overall.
| Michael Smith’s goal record in League One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Club | Games played | Goals scored |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 39 | 16 |
| Rotherham United | 99 | 33 |
| Bury FC | 19 | 1 |
| Northampton Town | 14 | 2 |
| Swindon Town | 60 | 21 |
| Barnsley | 13 | 0 |
| Colchester United | 8 | 2 |
| Sourced by Transfermarkt | ||
Having had to cut his teeth at a number of League One sides, before coming into his own in the division under Paul Warne at Rotherham and then further with Wednesday, Smith must have been overjoyed at the prospect of establishing himself as a feared centre-forward in the division above.
Yet, the narrative hasn’t quite gone in Smith’s favour with the well-travelled striker looking likely to be moving on again this summer based on his lack of game-time under Rohl.
