Any Sheffield United & Brighton transfer agreement could have ramifications for Ipswich Town star | OneFootball

Brighton were believed to be happy with the loan of Amario Cozier-Duberry to Bolton, but any changes to that would have knock-on effects.

It had been reported that Amario Cozer-Duberry would be staying at Bolton Wanderers for the remainder of the season, but any changes to that would have knock-on effects elsewhere.

Any new manager bounce which Sheffield United experienced following the reappointment of Chris Wilder in the middle of September seems to have ground to a halt again.

Two wins in four days in October seemed to have indicated that the Blades had turned a corner following a disastrous start to their Championship season, but they headed into the international break off the back of four matches without a win, three of which they lost, leaving them three points adrift of safety in the relegation places.

This means that the club will be eyeing the January transfer window with increasing urgency. It is clear that there is something dysfunctional within their current squad of players, and the first month of next year is the only opportunity that they will get to make further changes in order to rescue a season which has already started to seriously come off the rails.

Chiedozie Ogbene could be impacted should Amario Cozier-Duberry make the step up from Bolton

Bringing in new players will have knock-on effects for those who have been playing for Sheffield United this season, and one player who could find themselves falling from favour is Chiedozie Ogbene.

It has been reported that the Blades are among a number of Championship clubs interested in the Brighton & Hove Albion winger Amario Cozier-Duberry, who's been tearing things up in League One with Bolton Wanderers with six goals and six assists in his first 15 appearances for the club.

It's known that Brighton are happy with the progress that Cozier-Duberry has been making at Bolton, but such has been the quality of his performances that Championship clubs are preparing their interest regardless. But should he be moved to Bramall Lane in January, this will have knock-on effects for Ogbene, who is himself a loanee from Ipswich Town.

Ipswich Town could be disappointed if Cozier-Duberry lands at Bramall Lane

It's reasonable to say that Chiedozie Ogbene's transfer from Luton Town to Ipswich Town in 2024 hasn't exactly gone according to plan. Ipswich paid the Hatters £8 million for the Ireland international as they prepared for their return to the Premier League, but when he tore his achilles tendon in a match against Brentford in October of that year he was ruled out of contention for the remainder of the season.

By the summer, Ipswich had been relegated back to the Championship and Ogbene didn't fit with manager Kieran McKenna's plans. A loan to Sheffield United made sense for Ipswich. They could monitor his progress at Bramall Lane and treat it as a shop window to sell him and recoup at least some of the £8 million that they'd forked out for him in the first place, and if he performed well enough, they could even take him back into their first team squad.

But while Ogbene has been getting game time for the Blades this season - he's made ten appearances for them, of which ten have been starts - his appearances haven't been especially stellar, with no goals and just the one assist.

A big sign that he could already be falling from favour came with their last game before the international break, when he was dropped for their match against Queens Park Rangers. Introduced as a substitute midway through the second half, he failed to make that much of an impact, and it ended in a goalless draw.

Amario Cozier Duberry's potential arrival in the new year would have knock-on effects for both Ogbene and his parent club. Less game time would be bad for a player who only made seven appearances last season. But Ipswich might also count the cost of all this.

If Ogbene isn't playing, he's not in that shop window, and this might mean a reduction in what other clubs would offer Ipswich were they to want to sell him on. Essentially, as a product, he would be devalued.

Ogbene will have been hoping that his move to Sheffield United offered him the opportunity to prove himself again following a rotten 2024-25 season. Ipswich Town will have been hoping that the player would either prove himself to them or that other clubs might be tempted to bid for him. As things stand, it doesn't seem that any of these outcomes are likely to come to pass, but in football, things can change quickly, as all parties know.