{"id":564461,"date":"2020-09-02T12:50:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T16:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=564461"},"modified":"2020-09-02T12:50:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T16:50:38","slug":"sheffield-wednesday-sign-elias-kachunga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/02\/sheffield-wednesday-sign-elias-kachunga\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Wednesday Sign Elias Kachunga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/sheffield+wednesday\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> have completed the signing of striker <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/5bddccc9\/Elias-Kachunga\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elias Kachunga<\/a> on a free transfer following his contract expiry at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/huddersfield+town\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huddersfield Town<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83e\udd89 Give a warm Wednesday welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ekachunga15?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ekachunga15<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/swfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#swfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1jrXUQqF7L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1jrXUQqF7L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/swfc\/status\/1301158518368727042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kachunga is the Owls&#8217; fourth signing of the transfer window, following the additions of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/121a4fb8\/Fisayo-Dele-Bashiru\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fisayo Dele-Bashiru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/c50444fb\/Chey-Dunkley\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chey Dunkley<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/bf54c8cc\/Izzy-Brown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Izzy Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Kachunga Signs for the Owls<\/h2>\n<h3>Success at Huddersfield<\/h3>\n<p>Kachunga was a pivotal player in his debut season at Huddersfield. Kachunga scored 12 and assisted four in 42 games during the 2016\/17 season when Town successfully secured promotion to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier League<\/a>. The striker went on to earn a permanent deal at the Terriers for their top-flight campaign. Kachunga also played in the same Huddersfield team as Izzy Brown who also joined the Owls earlier this summer and both players had a strong connection in the promotion gaining season.<\/p>\n<h3>Straight Into the Action<\/h3>\n<p>The DR Congo international is available for selection for Saturday&#8217;s trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/Walsall\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walsall<\/a><br \/>\nin the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/08\/18\/carabao-cup-first-round-draw-full\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carabao Cup<\/a>. Kachunga is likely to feature in the matchday squad due to Wednesday&#8217;s lack of options in attack.<\/p>\n<h3>Recent Form Has Let Him Down<\/h3>\n<p>In the 2019\/20 season, the striker only scored three goals in what was a poor campaign for Huddersfield. If the 28-year-old can somehow recreate his form of old, he could be a real coup for Wednesday on a free transfer. Garry Monk will hope the pacey forward will add goals to a sparse Wednesday attack in what is a crucial season for them.<\/p>\n<h3>More to Come<\/h3>\n<p>According to Sheffield Star&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexMiller91\/status\/1301146508088283136?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Miller<\/a>, a deal is close for <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/dc092f62\/Josh-Windass\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Windass<\/a>, who was on loan at Sheffield Wednesday last season and could be completed shortly, which would mean he would also be available for selection on Saturday. With Kachunga&#8217;s signing completed, Windass would become Wednesday&#8217;s fifth signing of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"v5792itwQ-1eyEwusfmj1A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1253701202\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'v5792itwQ-1eyEwusfmj1A',sig:'CYSC0cCUs4ezSb6uYfFHSx8qWAUDhy5sIpFzAgg2c34=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1253701202',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield Wednesday have completed the signing of striker Elias Kachunga on a free transfer following his contract expiry at Huddersfield Town. \ud83e\udd89 Give a warm Wednesday welcome to @ekachunga15!#swfc pic.twitter.com\/1jrXUQqF7L \u2014 Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc) September 2, 2020 Kachunga is the Owls&#8217; fourth signing of the transfer window, following the additions of Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Chey Dunkley, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3636,"featured_media":564491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,32,1266,28],"tags":[197,168,6550,1126,1080,5697,1083,795,136],"class_list":["post-564461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-championship","category-league-football","category-huddersfield-town","category-transfers","tag-championship","tag-efl","tag-elias-kachunga","tag-garry-monk","tag-huddersfield-town","tag-josh-windass","tag-sheffield-wednesday","tag-wigan-athletic","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3636"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}