'We will play a key role in football's future' - independent football regulator the new chairman
Sheffield Wednesday's persistent issues are seen as a "significant problem" and the independent regulator is aiming to acquire authority to look into club affairs in comparable cases, the recently named head the regulator has announced.
In a wide-ranging interview, Kogan, who was recently selected, expressed "sympathy" towards supporters of the Owls.
Kogan met with four fan organizations associated with the South Yorkshire club recently.
The football club have been struggling on and off the field in the current year, with the club failing to pay players on time on five separate occasions, including in the autumn.
"Clearly Sheffield Wednesday has been a serious issue for football authorities and a significant problem for football," Kogan told.
"Wednesday stands as one of the great brands for the English game and recently we have met Sheffield Wednesday supporters' groups.
"We're now looking to get powers... which will permit us to bring Sheffield Wednesday - and other clubs brought to our attention if they require examination and dealt with."
Economic Challenges and Proprietorship Status
Wednesday's embattled owner the Thai businessman indicated in the summer he would be open to selling the club at Hillsborough, but he has not been able to secure a deal with potential new owners.
Failure to pay player wages on time in March and May resulted in restrictions being imposed by the English Football League (EFL) in mid-year, blocking the team from conducting any player acquisitions for the next three transfer windows, although that restriction was lifted in the end of the transfer window.
Authority's Position
Kogan said: "Our role exists to serve the Owls followers, other clubs in similar situations where fans are dedicated to a community organization that has existed throughout their lifetimes in numerous instances.
"I have absolute sympathy for the club's situation, as I do for each organization that over recent decades have faced collapse, or approached financial ruin, for reasons that have nothing to do with the followers."
Questioned about whether the oversight body could require an proprietor to divest a club if they are judged inappropriate, the regulator answered: "If your question is 'would we intervene in the final instance?', the reply is once we assemble the facts and comprehend the circumstances, we will."
But the regulator clarified that compelling proprietors to divest clubs would be treated as a "last resort" and the regulator would prefer to work with them.
"The final option we would consider is commence engagement with an particular organization, an individual owner, without being in a position to cooperate with that owner to try and resolve the problems affecting the organization and the chairman's encountering," the regulator explained.
"In actuality, when you look back over the history of the game, over the last 20 or 30 years there have been some owners, a small minority, but particular people who have shown negligence in the manner they have operated their teams and eventually refuse to accept accountability for the coming years."
Wednesday followers have been demonstrating against the current proprietor in recent months
'If we get it wrong, extraordinary progress vanishes'
Kogan met with representatives from 110 clubs to detail the scope of the oversight body this week and stated it constituted a "progressive gathering" with a "substantial involvement" from the grassroots to elite level.
"It's a job that's actually really important, because if we get it wrong, if the sport makes errors, the remarkable development accomplished could disappear swiftly," the chairman stated.
"This represents everyone's worst fear in the realm of domestic football is a substantial accomplishment - we need to continue the progress.
"There's an enormous amount of money flowing into the game and has been invested for the past two decades, because there's no guarantee it will keep flowing into the sport, which is one of the reasons why I think we have to adopt a precise perspective on challenges and obviously, of the next two or three years."
Top Flight Apprehensions
The Premier League opposed the formation of an authority because of apprehensions regarding adverse consequences on the top-flight's competitiveness, but the chairman responded: "I completely endorse the success and growth as an commercial operation of the Premier League.
"Being fully aware of the worry about compromising the Premier League as a premium product of the nation. But concurrently, if you engage with division representatives after the recent gathering, they would have had a significant degree of comfort -and, indeed, they have been telling us in private they have a high level of reassurance."
Ideological Links
The chairman continues to confront a "comprehensive investigation" by the Commissioner for Public Appointments after he acknowledged providing funds to the opposition group in the past.
The chairman donated money to Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy's leadership campaign, along with that of the now Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
"I have been entirely transparent regarding my past party membership [with Labour], and that ideological connection terminated the day the official body endorsed my nomination," Kogan said.
"I am no longer involved in any type of partisan engagement."
