Sheffield Wednesday unveil latest new signing Ike Ugbo
Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl finds a unique way to introduce Sheffield Wednesday’s latest signing Ike Ugbo
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00:00You're obviously in a phase where you're trying to add extra quality in the transfer market.
00:11How important will the loan market be in allowing you to bring that quality in?
00:17I think the good thing is at the moment, in the January, I think we had at the end, seven,
00:22eight loan players.
00:23Yeah.
00:24And now we have just one loan player.
00:28It means we have four more spaces open.
00:29I think this is great.
00:31And you never know what happens now.
00:33Oh, sorry.
00:34Hey, how are you?
00:35I'm good.
00:36How are you?
00:37Welcome back, guys.
00:38It's a new cycle.
00:39Excellent.
00:40Good to have you here.
00:41I will say goodbye.
00:42EK will take the press conference until the end.
00:43Sorry, guys.
00:44And all the best.
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01:00All the best.
01:01See you on Sunday.
01:02Well, thanks, Danny.
01:03See you on Sunday.
01:05Hi, everyone.
01:06Hi, Eko.
01:07Well, first of all, how pleased are you to be back?
01:08Very happy to be back.
01:12Very happy to finally get over the line.
01:14Took a while, but happy to be here.
01:17Yeah.
01:18I mean, like you say, it did take a while.
01:19There was obviously interest all the way through the windows you would expect.
01:23Is it a relief as much as anything?
01:25Yeah, more than you can probably imagine, even for me.
01:29Been training, waiting, getting calls every day, trying to sort it out.
01:34But just pleased to be back now.
01:36And it must mean a lot to you when any club,
01:39particularly one you've been at before, shows that determination to sign you.
01:44No, definitely.
01:45I think the club did everything they could and I'm very grateful to them now,
01:49especially after how the season went last season.
01:52Just happy to be back.
01:53And you'll obviously have been keeping a close eye on how things have been
01:57developing over the summer.
01:58Do you feel you're coming back to a much stronger squad,
02:02even than the one you left last season?
02:04Yeah, definitely.
02:05Obviously, I've been speaking to a lot of the players over the summer.
02:08Now they've been talking about how they've been working harder,
02:12new tactics, new players, and definitely saying it's looking like a positive season for sure.
02:18How is it when you're in that position, when you're waiting for things to happen?
02:21Do you speak a lot to last season's teammates?
02:24Do you feel like you can?
02:26Yeah, definitely.
02:27I think obviously I'm close with a lot of the players now,
02:29but over the summer, we've just been talking about what's going on.
02:33Obviously, they ask me what I'm doing.
02:34I'm just like, I'm waiting, hopefully get things done sooner rather than later.
02:39But yeah, all of that kind of conversations.
02:42And how are you physically?
02:43How much training have you done this summer and how ready are you for Sunday, for example?
02:47Well, I'm going to be back training with the group hopefully tomorrow.
02:51I've been training in Manchester with the City group.
02:54So I've been there over the summer.
02:57Right, so it's been a fairly involved pre-season, not with Troyes.
03:03I haven't been back at home sitting doing nothing.
03:06Yeah, sure.
03:07But I just mean in terms of you've not been training on your own either.
03:10You've been training with other footballers, basically.
03:13So do you feel, obviously it's the manager's decision,
03:16but do you feel that you're ready to go on Sunday if needed?
03:20Of course, I'm going to say I'm ready,
03:21but I'm going to have to speak to the coach and see,
03:24because obviously I haven't been training with the group.
03:26So it'll be my first session hopefully tomorrow.
03:30And obviously last season ended so positively,
03:34and you personally and the team had such a good second half of the season.
03:39Were you always really keen that it was this club you came back to?
03:44No, definitely. I think more than anything, it was just the feeling I had,
03:48especially how we finished the season.
03:51As you can imagine, I've been to so many clubs,
03:53but I definitely had a big feeling,
03:55even though it was such a short period that I was here.
03:58But I really had a lot of love and a lot of support from the club,
04:02the fans and everyone.
04:03I think my decision was really made after the end of last season.