{"id":64362,"date":"2022-05-24T12:06:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T11:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=64362"},"modified":"2022-05-24T12:06:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T11:06:56","slug":"a-big-club-like-swansea-city-ogbenes-come-and-get-me-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2022\/05\/24\/a-big-club-like-swansea-city-ogbenes-come-and-get-me-plea\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A big club like Swansea City&#8221; &#8211; Ogbene&#8217;s come and get me plea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It reads very much like a &#8220;come and get me plea&#8221; but Rotherham United&#8217;s Chiedozie Ogbene is a target for the Swans this summer and it looks like he is keen to make the move to SA1.<\/p>\n<p>The Swans were first linked with a move for the Irish player last week with reports saying that Russell Martin was keen to bring him to the Swans although Rotherham triggered a 12 month option in his contract which would have increased the cost to the Swans to complete the move.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='7qQRKnTJSaB8UUOgQimAzQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1389369424' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'7qQRKnTJSaB8UUOgQimAzQ',sig:'85cpuy-vLWS4A5jHjNKcx5GQXGveuh6fYJuP_ISpydU=',w:'594px',h:'397px',items:'1389369424',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Ogbene admits that he is happy at Rotherham but also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/soccer\/arid-40879385.html\">told the Irish Examiner<\/a><\/strong> that he wants to reach the next level and that his current employers are aware of his footballing ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>Ogbene adds that he will not be making any decision on his future until after Ireland&#8217;s upcoming UEFA National league fixtures.\u00a0 The Swans are also linked with a move for recruitment guru Rob Scott who engineered the capture of Ogbene for both Brentford and Rotherham so the links become stronger, something which is not lost on the player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cMy future is unknown but right now I am a Rotherham United player,\u201d said Ogbene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI am quite happy at Rotherham but they know I am quite ambitious and aware of me wanting to reach the next level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThey have said that if someone gives me the opportunity to operate at the level I want to, they won&#8217;t stand in the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cEvery player wants to be at a stable and established club &#8211; especially a big one like Swansea City.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='F0_HLbuXTJR-jpTH1H6ktw' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1394595717' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'F0_HLbuXTJR-jpTH1H6ktw',sig:'_noFWbDfwMbcm22KuwH9u-NR3Hm6VXayS3Swkp_Kkqc=',w:'594px',h:'388px',items:'1394595717',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAt this stage of my career, it\u2019s really important to be playing games and at the highest level I can get to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julian Winter admitted last week that the position of right wing-back was one that the Swans were keen to fill this summer and with Russell Martin saying that we are some way apart on reaching an agreement with Cyrus Christie then this move could make much sense for both us and the player.<\/p>\n<p>Ogbene is clear though in his ambition in that he does not want a move that could set his career backwards\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m not going to settle to be a bench-warmer somewhere else,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI left Brentford chasing game-time. That\u2019s my philosophy and I don\u2019t want to change it now just because it\u2019s a big club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIf a club were interested, I would sit down with their manager to see if I fit his plans and style of play; discover the platform he\u2019d give me to improve as a man and player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ogbene has won 8 caps for the Republic of Ireland and he has recently headed back to his former school and clubs in Cork as some of his first priorities when relaxing at the end of Rotherham&#8217;s promotion winning season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cMy profile has massively improved since playing for Ireland but I don\u2019t want to use that as an excuse not to be called upon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI chose to go into my school and childhood club. I know when I was a kid, I would have wished for my idols and the players I look up to call in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cYou have to use these great responsibilities. That\u2019s the way my mother\u2019s raised me and this is who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move for Ogbene makes sense on so many levels for both the Swans and the player and with him filling one of our key target areas as well as fitting many of our player recruitment critieria this is certainly one we can see happening this summer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='lUMJH5CxSNxROeyeSEDl3w' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1239649924' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'lUMJH5CxSNxROeyeSEDl3w',sig:'-ird4K95sAztLbTzApLxC3U1fvtPfmqC6hGV4Bznkw4=',w:'594px',h:'470px',items:'1239649924',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It reads very much like a &#8220;come and get me plea&#8221; but Rotherham United&#8217;s Chiedozie Ogbene is a target for the Swans this summer and it looks like he is keen to make the move to SA1. The Swans were first linked with a move for the Irish player last week with reports saying that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[293,49,203,295],"tags":[1404,556,665],"class_list":["post-64362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-first-team","category-news","category-opinion","category-transfer-rumours","tag-chiedozie-ogbene","tag-rotherham-united","tag-the-2022-23-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}