The former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder is set for a move to a Serie A giant.
Sheffield Wednesday have shown real intent this summer to keep hold of their valuable assets at the club, despite it looking like a sizeable number of players would depart Hillsborough stadium at the end of the 2023/24 season.
Fan favourites Barry Bannan and Liam Palmer committed to a further year in S6, as did attacker Josh Windass, who had interest from Championship rivals West Brom.
Most important of all, Dejphon Chansiri was able to tie down German boss Danny Rohl for the 2024/25 Championship season after he kept the Owls up in miraculous fashion.
Sheffield Wednesday have learnt from past mistakes of letting players leave for free at the end of their contract, with one figure that departed in the summer of 2022 set for a move to Serie A.
Former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru set to sign for Lazio
Nigerian international Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is set to complete a move to Lazio ‘in the next say or so’, with Lazio reportedly ‘paying €2m for a season-long loan, then €4m at the end of 2024/25,’ per Joe Crann on X.
Dele-Bashiru’s club Hatayspor in the Super Lig will receive €6m, or £5.1m in total for the 23-year-old that Sheffield Wednesday let go for free following the 2022/23 season where the Owls were promoted from League One.
The former Manchester City youth product spent two seasons in S6 during the League One days, scoring five goals from central midfield and contributing two assists.
Was Fisayo Dele-Bashiru the one that got away from Sheffield Wednesday
During his time at Sheffield Wednesday, Dele-Bashiru was often utilised from off the bench.
He showed signs of promise, however struggled to fully cement his place in the team and as a result pushed for a move to Turkey after rejecting a contract offer at Sheffield Wednesday, where he has since blossomed into a brilliant talent.
Had Sheffield Wednesday managed to tie down the Nigerian international for the 2023/24 season, he could’ve been a real asset under Rohl, who has proven that he is able to get the best out of young players, as he did with Bailey Cadamarteri this season.
Dele-Bashiru has since gone on to improve significantly whilst in Turkey, scoring five goals and contributing five assists from midfield, as well as now having the confidence to do a job on either wing.
A year on from his exit, he would be a leading Championship midfielder that could have easily demanded a seven-figure fee, as he has done with Hatayspor, however the silver lining is that Chansiri has learned to keep his most prized assets tied down.
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