Marvin Emnes

January Transfer Window Spending – The Swansea Way

The weekend’s well earned victory, over a poor West Bromwich Albion team, brought joyous scenes to almost everyone inside the Liberty Stadium on Saturday afternoon and for the time being at least offered some hope for the relegation battle that lay ahead. A rare victory, inspired by captain Wilfried Bony’s thunderous 81st minute strike, prompted …

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Wilfried Bony signs for Swansea

Goodbye Fernando Llorente and hello again Wilfried Bony

Transfer deadline day was interesting for Swansea City fans this year. As expected, Spain striker Fernando Llorente decided to leave the Liberty Stadium but opted for Tottenham Hotspur over defending Premier League champions Chelsea – arguably one of the shock moves of the summer. But perhaps more interestingly from a Swansea perspective, Wilfried Bony is …

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New Swansea signings must rise to the occasion

Swansea City have been able to perform a strong rebuild towards the end of the transfer window, despite the loss of Gylfi Sigurdsson to Everton. The Icelandic midfielder was an integral part of the Swans’ push for survival last season, scoring a number of key goals, especially in the latter stages of the campaign. However, …

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Santiago Arias

Swansea continue to pursue PSV’s Santiago Arias

The transfer window slams shut on August 31, with Paul Clement looking to add at least two new faces before the international break. Swansea have already added Sam Clucas to their squad, with the midfielder joining from Hull for around £15m, and Santiago Arias is another name continually linked with a move to South Wales. …

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Allen Son Redmond

The Next Sigurdsson: Three Contenders

And so, finally, the inevitable has come to pass. Gylfi Sigurdsson, the man who almost single-handedly prevented Swansea from nosediving out of the Premier League, and the vast riches it now promises, has joined Everton for a £45m fee. In doing so, he arrives at a Goodison Park in the throes of an apparent revolution, …

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Goodbye Gylfi

Time to say goodbye to Gylfi

With Gylfi Sigurðsson missing yet another of the Swans pre-season friendlies – the latest a 2 nil win at Championship side Birmingham City – surely it is time for the club to draw a line under the seemingly never ending transfer saga. Whilst there is much to be admired by the stance adopted thus far …

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Roque Mesa - Las Palmas

Roque Mesa: Swans Set Their Sights

As is always inevitable during the torrid break in football that is the summer, the transfer rumour mill continues its perpetual merry-go-round for clubs up and down the land. One of the latest whispers in shells doing the circuit is that Premier League side Swansea have set their sights on Las Palmas star Roque Mesa. …

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Robbie Brady scores for Ireland

Robbie Brady being tracked by Swans?

If reports in the Norfolk based newspaper the Eastern Daily Press are anything to go by, then the Swans are tracking Norwich City left-back/winger Robbie Brady. The 24-year-old Irishman, who starred for the Republic of Ireland in Euro 2016, is being tracked by a host of Premier League and Championship clubs, whom are keen to …

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Sotirios Papagiannopoulos

Sotirios Papagiannopoulos on trial with Swans

Reports in Sweden this afternoon are suggesting that 26 year old Greek-Swedish centre back Sotirios Papagiannopoulos, who plays for Swedish club Östersunds FK (the same club the Swans signed Modou Barrow from), arrived in Swansea this morning to undergo a trial with the club. The 6ft 3″ defender is reported as being both quick and …

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