Sheff Wednesday Can Repeat Ihiekwe Trick With £1.5-p/w Ace

After defeating Barnsley within the play-off remaining to seal a return to the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday look set to raid one other of their South Yorkshire rivals this summer season.

The Yorkshire Post suggests Wednesday are one among no less than three Championship golf equipment; Millwall and Swansea Metropolis being two of the others – to have eyed up a transfer for Rotherham United ahead Chiedozie Ogbene.

Who’s Sheffield Wednesday goal Chiedozie Ogbene?

Since arriving from Irish soccer in 2017, Ogbene has spent six seasons bouncing between League Two, League One and the Championship.

The Nigeria-born ahead spent the 2022/23 marketing campaign within the Championship with Rotherham, scoring eight goals in 39 appearances because the Millers suffered relegation again to the third tier.

Regardless of enjoying for a crew struggling on the backside finish of the division, Ogbene continued to be picked by the Republic of Eire final season, having pledged his allegiance to the nation in July 2020.

With 4 targets from 15 senior worldwide caps, plus his team-high eight targets for Rotherham final season (Conor Washington was subsequent highest with 5), Ogbene will clearly really feel he’s higher than a League One participant.

Certainly, Ogbene was lauded as “spectacular” by Eire boss Stephen Kenny final 12 months after scoring one and helping one other in a 2-2 draw with the world’s top-ranked nationwide aspect Belgium.

The place would Ogbene slot in at Wednesday?

Wednesday are not any strangers to poaching gamers from Rotherham, having signed Michael Ihiekwe and Michael Smith from their neighbours final summer season. As regulars within the Owls’ promotion-winning aspect, it’s honest to say these two transfers paid off handsomely.

As identified by supervisor Darren Moore earlier this week in an interview with talkSPORT, it’s crucial Wednesday get their switch enterprise spot on once more as Championship soccer returns to Hillsborough.

“We’ve got to persistently transfer ahead and with the recruitment course of it is important that we convey the suitable ones in to maintain the continuity of the membership shifting ahead,” he said.

As a free agent who was incomes £1.5k-per-week this previous 12 months, in accordance to Capology, the 26-year-old seems to be a sensible gamble price taking by second-tier golf equipment akin to Wednesday.

There’s room for Ogbene within the Wednesday aspect, too, with the previous Cork Metropolis and Limerick participant notably impressing when it comes to progressive carries (2.97 per sport) and dribbles (1.5 per sport).

To place that into some context, just one Wednesday participant – Alex Mighten (1.1) – managed more than one profitable dribble per sport on common final season in League One.

Certainly, Ogbene ranks within the top 3% for progressive carries and top 7% for profitable take-ons amongst his positional friends, so he’s clearly a participant who is aware of find out how to beat his man and get the ball ahead.

After crossing paths with Rotherham by returning to the Championship final month, Wednesday are actually nicely positioned to strike one other blow and land one among their rivals’ key belongings.