Peacock agrees Owls switch

The former Manchester City hit-man and his agent met Owls boss Chris Turner on Monday to discuss a move to the South Yorkshire club.

The 27-year-old was offered a new contract by The Robins earlier this month while fellow League One side Hull City and Portuguese club Beira Mar were also interested in the tall hit-man.

Turner expects to completed the formalities of Peacock's move to Hillsborough in the next couple of days.

"We've set up a deal and he should be signing in the next 48 hours," Turner told the club's official website.

"He's agreed the deal, so has his agent, and he's looking forward to coming to Sheffield Wednesday."

The arrival of Peacock will take Wednesday's tally of new summer signings to nine, with the Ashton Gate club having moved quickly to replace the Scot by signing Paul Heffernan from Notts County.

The news comes as Wednesday's boardroom battle took a new twist after former Chelsea chairman Ken Bates issued a writ on Owls chief Dave Allen for libel.

The pair have been in a nasty battle for control of the cash-strapped outfit, with Bates ready to invest some of the money he earned in his sale of The Blues to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich last summer.

Bates's lawyers have issued a writ against Allen for remarks the chairman made in a letter to Owls shareholders and season ticket holders last month.

The letter attacked Bates's attempt to try and gain control of The Owls and questioned his motives and methods in wanting to takeover The Owls.

"We have issued a writ for libel against Dave Allen for comments made in the letter sent out to shareholders and season ticket holders in May," Bates told the Sheffield Star.

"Then a few days later, he (Allen) was slagging me off on the radio and started two months of abuse. I have been careful not to respond.

"In the letter, he says I waged a campaign to deliberately de-stabilise the club. That is nonsense.

"If he had kept his mouth shut in accordance with the confidentiality agreement, we could have negotiated in private, but he couldn't."

Allen confirmed that he had received the writ but refused to comment on the possible outcome in the courts.

"We will be defending this writ most vigorously. It is in the hands of the lawyers now," Allen said.

"All I can say is that he is making a very serious mistake."