Chesterfield edging closer to signing striker from Championship club

The 22-year-old has been on loan at Southend United from Luton Town this season, scoring 11 goals in 22 appearances, but he is set to be recalled by the Hatters, allowing him to join the Spireites for the second-half of the campaign.

It has not been officially announced yet, and you can never say never in football, especially in the transfer window, but everything we are hearing indicates that Pepple will become a Town player, as long as everything goes smoothly from here on in. Chesterfield have already had a deal for York City striker Dipo Akinyemi collapse earlier this week, through no fault of their own, when it was about as done as a deal could be without being announced.

His arrival will ease Chesterield’s striking concerns, with Will Grigg a long-term absentee, and Paddy Madden working his way back to fitness.

Pepple has been at Luton since August 2022, having previously been playing out in Canada at Cavalry FC. He has experience of loans at Grimsby Town, Bromley and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He had trials at Leicester City and Sheffield United a few years ago.

Chesterfield are not in action this weekend but they return to the pitch against Rotherham United in the last 16 of the EFL Trophy on Tuesday night (7pm).