It has been one football’s worst kept secrets.

But whilst it has yet to be officially announced by Sheffield Wednesday, because of the soft transfer embargo that the club currently finds itself under, they have won the race to sign former Brentford right-back Moses Odubajo on a free-transfer.

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Not only is the 25-year-old currently away with his new Owls teammates in Portugal for their 10-day warm weather training camp, but he was also present at Sunday’s Owls in the Park event, signing autographs and posing for photographs with thousands of supporters who descended on a sun-drenched Hillsborough Park, alongside fellow new recruits Julian Börner and Kadeem Harris.

Though not official just yet, Odubajo’s arrival at Hillsborough will significantly strengthen Wednesday’s defence. He is quick, strong and capable of swiftly turning defence into attack. As free signings go at Championship level, it is a good one.

But Odubajo, though he arrives at Hillsborough with a good deal of Championship experience from his time at Brentford and Hull City, where, of course, he played under Wednesday boss Steve Bruce, is not guaranteed a starting berth, certainly not at right-back, anyway.

The Owls are well-stocked in that area of the pitch, with Odubajo, who can also operate at right-midfield, facing competition from the likes of Dominic Iorfa, Liam Palmer and Ash Baker to make the right-back position his own this coming season.

However, Odubajo’s chances of landing the right-back place may be easier than some imagine, of course.

Iorfa, who joined Wednesday for a bargain £250,000 on transfer deadline day back in January, has openly, on more than one occasion, admitted that he sees himself, in the long-term, as a centre-back, opposed to a right-back, where almost all of his football for the Owls has come so far.

Both quick and physical, Iorfa, undoubtedly, has the attributes to play at centre-back. His speed would leave very few strikers with the chance to peel off him and make those darting runs in behind. But should Wednesday manage to lure Chelsea defender Michael Hector back to Hillsborough – a deal that the Owls are still hoping to get done this summer – where does that leave Iorfa’s chances of playing as a centre-half?

Skipper Tom Lees, who did improve massively in the second half of last season under Bruce after a shaky time under Jos Luhukay, will not be dropped. He is the club captain and warrants a place in the team.

And with Börner now on Wednesday’s books, Iorfa may find a regular starting place at centre-half hard to come by.

Then you have Palmer, who, in my opinion, was Wednesday’s most improved player last season by a country mile. He was superb under Bruce, often operating in an unfamiliar left-back role. Despite the Worksop-born defender’s limited knowledge of that position, he adapted to it like a duck to water.

With how well Palmer, who is understood to have penned a new two-year deal with the Owls, did playing in that role, I would not be surprised if Bruce made the decision to make the former Tranmere Rovers loanee a full-time left-back.

Though Wednesday do have Morgan Fox and Matt Penney capable of filling the left-back berth, it is an area, I believe, Wednesday need to bolster.

And amongst all of that, it should not be forgotten that Odubajo can also play at left-back. Bruce may see Odubajo as suiting that role, as he often took it up for Thomas Frank’s Brentford last term.

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But with the current situation Wednesday’s squad finds itself in, I can see Odubajo becoming Bruce’s first-choice right-back, moving Iorfa to centre-back alongside Lees and Palmer to left full-back.

However, if Wednesday manage to strike a deal with Chelsea to bring fans’ favourite Hector back to S6, then the situation completely changes. Iorfa will have to go toe-to-toe with Odubajo for the right-back role, with Hector almost certain to walk back into the side at centre-half.

For all the possible options and combinations, it is a damn good selection dilemma for Bruce to have.