Darren Moore surprised fans by leaving Sheffield Wednesday in June – just days after winning the League One play-off final to secure promotion to the Championship
Darren Moore has denied his Sheffield Wednesday exit was “about the money” – insisting it was a purely football matter.
Moore left the Owls after their remarkable promotion from League One last season. They were four goals down to Peterborough in their play-off semi-final but recovered before beating Barnsley at Wembley with a dramatic last-minute winner.
The manager was initially expected to lead Wednesday in the Championship but stunned fans when he left by mutual consent in June. The club’s owner Dejphon Chansiri then raised eyebrows by claiming Moore wanted his salary quadrupled. Moore has now broken his silence on the matter. He has dismissed Chansiri’s claim and believes the owner was over-ambitious in his targets for this season. The Owls have lost all three of their Championship games under new manager Xisco Munoz.
Moore discussed his Hillsborough departure with Sky Sports. He said: “After Wembley had been and the dust had settled and everything else, I had a meeting with the chairman as you do, just to continue what had been discussed in the build-up to it.