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Five takeover offers made for Sheffield Wednesday - and more to come: Full details of bid battle for stricken club revealed... and how one hopeful contender alarmingly wanted to MERGE with Sheffield United

Five offers have been made to buy Sheffield Wednesday, with a further two expected over the coming days, Daily Mail Sport understands.

The stricken Championship club is up for sale after falling into administration on October 24 following the disastrous ownership of Thai businessman Dejphon Chansiri. And confidence is growing that a new era could begin at Hillsborough within weeks, with three of the formal bidders thought to be serious players and in a position to put the Owls back on the road to recovery.