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Luton boss Rob Edwards has confirmed that attacker Chiedozie Ogbene is in talks with Premier League side Ipswich Town over a move to Portman Road.
Rumours broke yesterday that the 26-year-old was closing in on a switch to Kieran McKenna’s Tractor Boys, who won promotion to the top flight last term, with a fee of around £8m for a player that Town snapped up on a free transfer being reported. Although Edwards hasn’t wanted to sell any of his squad during the transfer window, with Ogbene not involved in the Carabao Cup penalty shoot-out defeat to QPR this evening, and reports that his move is almost completed, speaking afterwards, the manager said: “He’s in talks, we’ll see how those talks progress, so I can’t say any more than that.”
With Town getting a sizeable fee for the Republic of Ireland international who has scored five goals in 39 outings for the Hatters, then asked if he will be able to use some of those funds to strengthen his squad ahead of the window shutting on Friday evening, Edwards added: “We’re working on stuff of course. The line has always been to make sure if we do let someone go and go for the right money and it’s the right thing for them, we’ll push to make sure we’re in a really strong position with incomings as well. We’re working hard on that at the moment as well.”
Luton Town have been backed for sanctioning the impending transfer exit of Chiedozie Ogbene, who is poised to join Ipswich Town after earning significant interest ahead of Friday’s 11pm transfer deadline.
According to a report from Football Insider transfer guru Pete O’Rourke, Luton are in “advanced talks” with the Tractor Boys regarding Ogbene’s departure from Kenilworth Road, which is now expected to be completed before deadline day and is set to see Luton net an initial £8m.
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