'We will play a key role in football's future' - football oversight chief the new chairman
The team's current difficulties constitute a "significant problem" and the new football authority is aiming to acquire authority to look into club affairs in comparable cases, the recently named head the official has declared.
In a wide-ranging interview, the chairman, who was named to the position this week, showed understanding towards Wednesday's fanbase.
The regulator engaged with four supporters' associations associated with the Championship side recently.
The football club have been struggling on and off the field in 2025, with the club failing to pay players on time on five separate occasions, including in last month.
"Clearly Sheffield Wednesday has been a serious issue for football authorities and a substantial concern for English football," Kogan told.
"The club represents one of the great brands for English football and this week we have met Sheffield Wednesday supporters' groups.
"We are seeking authority... which will permit us to bring the club and similar situations referred to us if they require examination and dealt with."
Economic Challenges and Leadership Concerns
Wednesday's embattled owner Dejphon Chansiri stated during the off-season he would be willing to sell up at the stadium, but he has not been able to secure a deal with interested parties.
Missed wage deadlines on time in March and May resulted in restrictions being imposed by the league officials in summer, stopping Wednesday from completing any recruitment activities for the next three transfer windows, although that restriction was lifted in late summer.
Regulator's Perspective
The chairman stated: "The job [of the regulator] is there for the supporters of Wednesday, other clubs in similar situations where fans are dedicated to a local institution that has existed throughout their lifetimes in multiple situations.
"I completely understand the team's plight, as I do for all the clubs that since 1992 have gone to the wall, or nearly ceased operations, for factors unrelated to the followers."
Questioned about whether the oversight body could require an chairman to relinquish a club if they are considered unfit, the chairman responded: "If your question is 'would we intervene in the final instance?', the response would be once we assemble the facts and know what's going on, we will."
But Kogan stressed that forcing owners to sell clubs would be considered the final option and the authority would rather to work with them.
"The last thing what we want to do is start getting involved with an individual club, an particular chairman, without being able to work with that owner to try and resolve the issues that the club's facing and the chairman's encountering," the regulator explained.
"But the truth is, when you examine the past of the sport, over the recent generations there have been certain proprietors, few in number, but some who have been irresponsible in the way which they've been managing their organizations and finally don't wish to take responsibility for the coming years."
Sheffield Wednesday supporters have been protesting against the team's chairman this season
'Mistakes could erase significant advances'
The chairman convened with delegates from multiple organizations to explain the responsibilities of the authority recently and stated it constituted a "forward-thinking discussion" with a "significant participation" from the grassroots to elite level.
"This position carries substantial significance, because if we get it wrong, if the world of football gets it wrong, the extraordinary progress that's been made necessary will vanish rapidly," the chairman stated.
"Such an outcome is universally undesirable in the context of the English game is a substantial accomplishment - we must maintain momentum.
"Considerable investment entering the sport and has come into football for the recent generations, because certainty is lacking it will continue to come into football, which is among the factors explaining I think we have to adopt a precise perspective on risk and of course, of the next two or three years."
Premier League Concerns
Top flight officials resisted the creation of a regulator because of fears of a negative impact on the Premier League's sporting equality, but the chairman responded: "I completely endorse the prosperity and expansion as an commercial operation of the top division.
"I of all people understand the concern of undermining the Premier League as a premium product of England. But concurrently, if you talk to the Premier League after the recent gathering, they would have had a high level of reassurance -and, in fact, they have been informing us confidentially they have a significant confidence."
Political Connections
The chairman continues to confront a "thorough examination" by the official appointments authority after he acknowledged providing funds to the opposition group in recent years.
The official contributed funds to Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy's leadership campaign, along with that of the government leader.
"I've been completely open about my past party membership [with Labour], and that ideological connection terminated the day the select committee approved my appointment," Kogan said.
"I currently have no participation in any form of political activity."
