If he was the choice, why not bring him in now ?
I expect he’d leave Sheff Weds given all that’s gone on in recent weeks, and they’re out of contention for the play offs. We’re already down so it wouldn’t be on his record as having taken us down (if such things matter), and he could have a few weeks assessing the squad.
Unless of course we’re looking to avoid the compensation dispute we had with Swansea.