JUST IN: Chaos reigns at Hillsborough, still, with players and staff unpaid once again and a friendly against Burnley this weekend being cancelled due to a boycott of sorts from the players after being informed that they would not be getting their wages on time.

Sheffield Wednesday v Leicester City: Player protest, competitiveness and possible repercussions

Sheffield Wednesday will be able to field a side against Leicester City next weekend, as long as everybody doesn’t refuse to play.

Chaos reigns at Hillsborough, still, with players and staff unpaid once again and a friendly against Burnley this weekend being cancelled due to a boycott of sorts from the players after being informed that they would not be getting their wages on time.

More players are believed to have handed in their notice in an attempt to cancel their contracts the same way that Josh Windass and Michael Smith did recently, and there are growing concerns that an already threadbare squad could be stretched even thinner.

New manager, Henrik Pedersen, has a tough task on his hands as he looks to try and steer the Titanic away from the iceberg, and with just over a week to go until the opening game of the Championship season he isn’t sure what players he’ll have to pick from at the King Power Stadium.

Sheffield Wednesday players consider drastic action ahead of Leicester City clash

After the players took a stand for the Burnley friendly, there are worries that the Leicester game could be in jeopardy, but it would appear that there would have to be a mass exodus or complete strike before they were unable to field a team.

Wednesday, like every other EFL club, have to submit squad lists for the season, and as long as players fall within that – whether that be as senior players or youngsters – then they will be eligible to turn out against the Foxes.

Only if everyone refuses to play would there be an issue with the EFL at this stage, and their handbook details what could happen if that was to happen…

32.1 – Each Club will use its best endeavours to ensure that each match under the jurisdiction of The League takes place on the date and at the time fixed for it.

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32.2 – Any Club failing to fulfil its fixture obligations in respect of any match under the jurisdiction of The League on the appointed date or dates or causing The League to suspend any fixture shall be deemed guilty of misconduct unless the Club is successfully able to demonstrate that Regulation 32.3 applies. The burden of proof will rest with the Club.

32.3 – The Club will not be deemed to be guilty of misconduct in accordance with Regulation 32.2 where it is able to demonstrate that:

32.3.1 – the dominant and effective cause of the non-fulfilment was the occurrence of an event which was outside the control of the Club (an ‘Event’); and