Chiedozie Ogbene boost for Luton ahead of must-win survival clash

Chiedozie Ogbene looks set to make a very welcome return for Luton ahead of their vital Premier League encounter at West Ham on Saturday afternoon.

The Ireland forward has not played since the March international window when he returned to his club after picking up an injury in the scoreless draw with Belgium.

Ogbene played 70 minutes of that encounter at the Aviva Stadium but returned to his club ahead of the Switzerland defeat in Dublin three days later.

The former Cork City attacker has not played a minute of competitive action since, while Luton have become embroiled in a relegation dogfight, but Ogbene did return to training this week and may be involved in the matchday squad for the trip to east London.

"We’ll try and get him involved," said manager Rob Edwards at his pre-match press conference. "He has only had a couple days of training, but we want impactful players back involved and he’s one of them.

"Chieo has been a player we’ve missed. The training he has done has been on matchday minus two and one which aren’t the most intense of sessions but when he’s on it, in those wide areas, he can cause anyone problems."

Luton currently sit three points off Nottingham Forest with a worse goal difference with just two Premier League games remaining. And if they fail to win at West Ham, they could be relegated later on Saturday as Forest take on Chelsea in the late kick-off.

Edwards insists all his players can do is focus on delivering the required performance themselves rather than worry about what results elsewhere might see them relegated.

The Luton boss, though, will not lose any sleep about the numerous permutations which may or may not play out over 90 minutes around the grounds on Saturday.

"I don’t think it (would be) a