Bates keen to invest £10m in Wednesday

FORMER Chelsea chairman Ken Bates is keen to invest upwards of £10m in Sheffield Wednesday.

Bates, who left the Premiership club earlier this month, is now looking for “one more challenge” with the ailing Second Division club, who were in the Premier League as recently as 2000.

He said: “Sheffield Wednesday is a club I’ve always had an affinity with. Twenty years ago Chelsea and Sheffield Wednesday were head to head. Chelsea are now in the Champions League, and look where Wednesday are.