Sheffield Wednesday is currently owned by David Storch and Arise Capital Partners, ushering in a new era at Hillsborough, with the American emerging victorious over numerous other interested parties.

Over the course of the Owls’ six-month administration, a number of names surfaced who claimed or were believed to be interested in helping the struggling South Yorkshire club. Some were local figures, such as entrepreneur Ryan Howsam, who was looking into a move for the club with Simon Jordan, while ex-Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley was also interested for a while.

James Bord’s unsuccessful bid for the club was also major news, as it appeared that the former poker player was poised to spend a whopping £47.8 million on Wednesday, only to withdraw when it was discovered that he had excessively inflated the assets he was about to pay for.

Prior to the administration process, John Textor was the principal name associated with a Wednesday buyout, having spoken with Dejphon Chansiri after selling his investment in Crystal Palace, freeing up funds to invest elsewhere in English football.

Despite his interest, Textor’s research never led to anything during the administration time, and the American’s name appeared to fade from the proceedings after the aforementioned Bord was named as the original preferred bidder on Christmas Eve 2025.

John Textor’s update: Eagle Football Holdings will be struck out

Textor’s name has come back to the forefront this week, but not for the proper reasons.

According to football financial expert Kieran Maguire, Textor’s ‘Eagle Football Holdings’ companies have been issued a’strike off notice’ by Companies House, and on April 17, the addresses of all directors involved with the company were changed to that of Companies House itself.

Eagle Football Holdings (EFH) is about to be struck off due to extremely late financial accounts – those that were supposed to be made up to June 30, 2024 and submitted by the end of March 2025 were never submitted, and Companies House is now taking action by shutting down Textor’s company in the United Kingdom as a result.

EFH was the company through which Textor owned a significant share of Crystal Palace, and while it is still active overseas with Brazilian outfit Botafogo, Belgian second tier club RWDM Brussels, and French giants Lyon, it appears that it will be no more in English football very soon, though it is unclear whether Companies House’s actions will affect their foreign business.

Sheffield Wednesday look to have had a lucky escape in John Textor.

When Textor’s interest in Sheffield Wednesday was revealed in 2025, there was some mixed reaction – he clearly had money to spend after selling his Crystal Palace stake to Woody Johnson, but there were also concerns about how he was perceived in Brazil, where he was not exactly a popular figure with Botafogo.

Textor never really became a serious player in the struggle to save the Owls from administration, and it’s probably a good thing that it didn’t happen now.

Eagle Football Holdings and Textor either have financial troubles or have allowed the firm to rot in the UK after failing to pursue Wednesday, and unless the 2023-24 accounts are received over the next few weeks, it is likely that it will be liquidated.

And in David Storch, Wednesday now appear to have a devoted and genuine owner who is passionate about the task at hand – he has fully embraced the Hillsborough culture, which Textor would not have done.