Liam Palmer’s Owls five-a-side crew

Liam Palmer has named his all-time Sheffield Wednesday five-a-side crew forward of constructing his five hundredth look for the membership.

Liam Palmer is about to affix Sheffield Wednesday royalty with Tuesday evening’s sport in opposition to Watford set to be his five hundredth look for membership.

He’ll turn into solely the fourth participant within the membership’s historical past to attain the feat and chatting with the press forward of the historic evening, Palmer was requested what his all-time Sheffield Wednesday five-a-side crew would seem like.

Together with himself and fellow membership legend Barry Bannan, Palmer mentioned: “Goalkeeper, I’d most likely put [Kieren] Westwood in to be sincere. I don’t assume many individuals can argue with that. I’d most likely put Jose [Semedo] in there within the center, simply to run about and do his factor. I feel the opposite one, I’ve had some skillful gamers, most likely Fernando [Forestieri].”

The place is Liam Palmer’s Sheffield Wednesday five-a-side crew enjoying now?

Within the January switch window, Bannan joined Millwall on a everlasting switch, having since returned to Hillsborough as a Lions participant. In the meantime, Westwood is now a goalkeeper coach with Welsh membership The New Saints after a short enjoying stint with Crewe Alexandra in 2024.

Fernando Forestieri is enjoying in Cyprus with AEL Limassol having been there since shifting from Malaysia in 2025, while Semedo is the CEO of Saudi facet Al-Nassr, watching over the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo in what’s a fairly outstanding profession path for the previous SWFC midfielder.

Jose Semedo’s relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo

Semedo, now 41, was at Sheffield Wednesday between 2011 and 2017 making 167 whole appearances for the membership. Earlier than his time at SWFC, although, Semedo struck up a friendship with Ronaldo at Sporting CP.

In a 2015 interview with The Occasions, Semedo revealed how Ronaldo helped save his footballing profession as a teenager, explaining: “I owe every thing I’ve to him. The place I’m from in Setubal is just not a very good place for a younger man. Numerous my associates from there have been concerned in crime.

“A few of them are lifeless now, or in jail. If I had gone again, perhaps I’d have stolen vehicles with them. He modified my life. My household, my youngsters, might profession: it’s all due to him.”

Ronaldo stays at Al-Nassr the place he’s chasing 1000 carer objectives. For Semedo, his position in Saudi Arabia may very well be the beginning of a really thrilling profession behind the scenes after a very good profession on the pitch, the place his performances at SWFC made his a modern-day legend amongst Sheffield Wednesday followers.

Wednesday return to Championship motion at 7:45pm in opposition to Watford on Tuesday evening.