Reason for Ike Ugbo absence confirmed with two goalkeepers on Sheffield Wednesday bench v Millwall
Sheffield Wednesday forward Ike Ugbo has sat out this evening’s Championship clash at Millwall for personal reasons, The Star can confirm.
The Canada international started in Sunday’s Steel City derby clash with Sheffield United before he was replaced by Charlie McNeill on 73 minutes. Team news from London showed Ugbo was not to be involved in the matchday squad.
The naming of two goalkeepers on the bench in Logan Stretch and Jack Phillips suggested a player had pulled out of the squad and it can be confirmed that Ugbo has done so after the birth of his child.
McNeill and Bailey Cadamarteri will lead the line for the Owls, with Jamal Lowe dropping onto the bench.
Elsewhere, Liam Palmer has been switched-out for new signing Liam Cooper, with Dominic Iorfa in the side having come through fitness tests.