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Mark McCadden

Chiedozie Ogbene injury hands Stephen Kenny a headache ahead of next month's Euro 2024 qualifiers

Chiedozie Ogbene has emerged as a doubt for Ireland’s Euro 2024 qualifiers against Greece and Gibraltar next month.

The Rotherham forward was forced off early in Rotherham’s crucial 1-0 win over Middlesbrough on Monday, a result that secured the Millers’ Championship survival.

Ogbene’s hamstring injury will now be assessed by club doctors, who will then communicate the extent of the problem with their Ireland counterparts.

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The former Cork City and Limerick man, who is out of contract this summer, was fouled after just 18 minutes of the ‘Boro clash

Rotherham boss Matt Taylor said: “In the first half everything went wrong against us, Cheio Ogbene, fouled and then a hamstring.

“But we got that little bit of luck that we lacked in the last couple of weeks, it went in our direction.

"That’s our season in a nutshell, Cheio is starting to break through and is brought down, it was a muscle injury as opposed to an impact injury, then Shane (Ferguson) with his groin.”

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