'Our role is integral to football's future' - football oversight chief the regulator's chair
Sheffield Wednesday's ongoing struggles constitute a "serious issue" and the new football authority is looking to gain the ability to investigate clubs in comparable cases, the newly appointed chairman the regulator has stated.
In a wide-ranging interview, Kogan, who was appointed on Monday, showed understanding towards supporters of the Owls.
Kogan met with four supporter groups connected to the Championship side in recent days.
The team have been struggling on and off the field in this season, with the club missing wage payments on multiple instances, including in last month.
"Evidently Wednesday represents a major concern for the league and a significant problem for football," Kogan told.
"The club represents one of the iconic names for the English game and recently we have met supporters' organizations.
"We're now looking to get powers... which will enable us to take the club and similar situations brought to our attention if they warrant scrutiny and addressed."
Financial Struggles and Proprietorship Status
Wednesday's embattled owner the current owner stated during the off-season he would be open to selling the club at Hillsborough, but he has failed to complete a sale with prospective buyers.
Failure to pay player wages on time in March and May resulted in restrictions being imposed by the league officials in mid-year, stopping Wednesday from completing any recruitment activities for the subsequent signing windows, although the ban was rescinded in late summer.
Authority's Position
Kogan said: "The job [of the regulator] is there for the fans of Sheffield Wednesday, Bury or any football club where people are committed to a community organization that has been part of their lives in numerous instances.
"I have absolute sympathy for Sheffield Wednesday, as I do for all the clubs that since 1992 have gone to the wall, or been close to going to the wall, for reasons that have nothing to do with the supporters."
Inquired if the regulator could force an owner to sell a club if they are deemed unsuitable, the regulator answered: "Should the inquiry concern 'would we intervene in the final instance?', the answer is once we assemble the facts and know what's going on, we will."
But Kogan stressed that requiring chairmen to relinquish clubs would be considered the final option and the oversight body would choose to work with them.
"The final option we would consider is commence engagement with an particular organization, an particular chairman, without having the opportunity to collaborate with that proprietor to address the challenges confronting the team and the chairman's encountering," Kogan said.
"But the truth is, when you review the record of football, over the past few decades there have been some owners, few in number, but certain individuals who have acted carelessly in the manner they have operated their clubs and ultimately don't wish to take responsibility for the coming years."
Wednesday followers have been protesting against owner Dejphon Chansiri this season
'Errors may undo substantial development'
The chairman convened with representatives from 110 clubs to detail the scope of the oversight body this week and insisted it was a "progressive gathering" with a "substantial involvement" from the National League to the Premier League.
"This position carries substantial significance, because if errors are made, if the sport makes errors, the remarkable development accomplished could disappear swiftly," the chairman stated.
"And that's what nobody wants in the terms of English football is a huge success story - we've got to keep it going.
"Considerable investment entering the sport and has come into football for the recent generations, because there's no guarantee it will keep flowing into the sport, which is among the factors explaining I think we have to adopt a precise perspective on risk and of course, of the immediate future."
Elite Division Worries
The Premier League opposed the establishment of an oversight body because of apprehensions regarding adverse consequences on the top-flight's competitiveness, but the regulator stated: "I'm absolutely committed to the success and growth as an commercial operation of the Premier League.
"I of all people understand the concern of undermining the division as a high-quality offering of the nation. But simultaneously, if you consult with top flight officials after the recent gathering, they would have had a substantial amount of confidence -and, actually, they have been advising us privately they have a high level of reassurance."
Partisan Associations
Kogan is still facing a "comprehensive investigation" by the Commissioner for Public Appointments after he revealed he contributed money to the opposition group in the past.
The official contributed funds to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy's leadership campaign, along with that of the current Prime Minister.
"I have been entirely transparent regarding my former ideological connection [with Labour], and that political affiliation came to an end the day the select committee approved my appointment," the regulator explained.
"I am presently disconnected from any type of partisan engagement."