Champion League
Owls interested in move for 26 y/o free-agent
Following their dramatic promotion to the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday are losing no time focusing on summer season signings after securing within the League 1 playoff ultimate.
The Owls gained promotion to the second tier of English soccer by way of a 123rd-minute header from Josh Windass towards Barnsley, securing a 2-1 playoff final victory at Wembley.
Darren Moore has now reportedly highlighted Republic of Eire worldwide Chiedozie Ogbene as a goal heading into the summer season window however will face competitors from quite a lot of Championship golf equipment, as per The Yorkshire Post.
Who’s Chiedozie Ogbene?
Ogbene has been a star participant for Rotherham United since becoming a member of the Millers in 2019. The 5 foot 9 ahead is predominately a right-sided winger however can play on the left flank additionally.
The nippy frontman scored eight objectives and registered 4 assists in 39 league appearances for Rotherham this season, per Transfermarkt, and helped the Millers survive in a relegation dogfight through which they completed two locations above the drop zone in nineteenth.
Ogbene’s home type was rewarded along with his Eire debut in 2021 and Chiedozie has gone on to develop into a key determine within the Irish squad underneath supervisor Stephen Kenny, who hailed the “spectacular” vast man as a “actual menace” again in March.
The 26-year-old has scored 4 objectives in 14 caps for The Boys in Inexperienced, together with a surprising overhead kick in a pleasant towards Belgium.
Will Ogbene be a part of Sheffield Wednesday?
As per journalist Leon Wobschall within the aforementioned report, Wednesday face competitors from a number of Championship golf equipment for the Irishman’s signature this summer season.
The membership reportedly turned down switch provides for the participant in January, with Rotherham nonetheless hoping the participant will signal a brand new deal to remain on the New York Stadium.
Wobschall additionally states the versatile winger has rejected provides from the Millers to increase his keep to this point.
Golf equipment have been circulating across the availability of Rotherham’s star man since January, with Millwall and Swansea Metropolis sustaining curiosity within the participant.
Ogbene’s contract runs out on thirtieth June, in line with Transfermarkt, and was even linked with a move to Turkish champions Galatasaray in April, in line with experiences in Turkey (by way of The Solar).
Would Ogbene be a superb signing for Sheffield Wednesday?
Ogbene has proven in the previous couple of seasons he might develop into a key participant for a Championship aspect if given the prospect.
His worldwide achievements have proved this. Kenny relied on the previous Brentford ace in a current 1-0 defeat to France, through which the ahead performed your entire 90 minutes and completed with the joint second-highest match score, per Sofascore.
In the meantime, again within the Championship, Ogbene was rated as Rotherham’s eighth-best performer, per WhoScored figures, and performed the second-most minutes of any participant within the squad as he additionally led the crew for objectives, man of the match awards (4) and photographs per sport (1.4).
Count on the one-time Cork Metropolis gem to play an necessary position in Eire’s upcoming worldwide video games towards Greece and Gibraltar and maybe he might quickly be swapping one aspect of south Yorkshire for the opposite because the Owls might do little mistaken in signing the thrilling expertise, who Kenny
