Wigfield hopes the sale process will move quickly and a group could have preferred-bidder status next month, with a view to completing the purchase of Wednesday before the end of the year.

"Due to EFL rules, we have to market the club for 28 days," he said. "So it'll be at least 28 days before we're getting close to a preferred-bidder status.

"So I'm hopeful that by the end of November, if things go well, we might know who's going to buy the football club.

"Then hopefully a deal can be concluded this calendar year, so that the new owner is in for hopefully the January transfer window, if the EFL allows the new owner to buy players."

Wednesday fans returned in their thousands on Saturday after their previous boycott and a season's best crowd of 27,261 witnessed the 2-1 loss to Oxford at Hillsborough.

Wigfield says supporters have already spent over £500,000 on tickets and in the club shop to keep the Owls going.

"We had no money to start with, but the fans have already put in over half a million pounds since Friday through buying tickets and merchandise," he...