'Excited' Ike Ugbo greets Sheffield Wednesday fans with bullish end of season claim

The Owls sit three points adrift of the safety places after 26 matches, a deficit they have slashed from 12 points at one stage with a run of results that has them sitting pretty in the form guides. Ike Ugbo has arrived on loan from French side Troyes after his time at Cardiff City was cut short and in his unveiling interview with swfc.co.uk spoke of a confidence in Röhl and Wednesday.

The 25-year-old Chelsea academy graduate said: "It is clear what the coach has brought to this team, I spoke to him and had a good feeling that he can help me and I can help the team. It’s important you have the right feeling when it comes to the coach, I am still learning the game and trying to develop myself and am excited by what he showed me. I’m ready to go straight away, I have shown what I can do in this league and the club have seen what I can bring to this team."

Wednesday face the difficult task of taking their winning run to four matches at high-flying Southampton this weekend but have their ultimate goal set on where they end up in May - and a place in next season's second tier. Having watched their progress from an opposition angle in recent weeks, Ugbo expressed huge belief that they can achieve that ambition.

"We can all see the direction the team is going in and come the end of the season I don’t see the league position being a problem," he said. "The boys have showed what they can do against some very good teams in this division and we want to carry that on this weekend."