The Swansea City Courier
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Zeidane Inoussa beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 27. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Sam Parker goes
Universitatea Craiova paid $1.6M and Swansea City took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Swansea City
Stephen Eustáquio and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Swansea City
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Newcastle United tell Swansea City: Bazoumana Touré is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market17 Aug 2026
Benjamin Kelly steps up from the Swansea City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamin Kelly has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Matthew Bell steps up from the Swansea City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matthew Bell has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jason Stewart joins the Swansea City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jason Stewart is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Swansea City count the cost of losing Josh Key
28 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Swansea City
- The dugout Joshua Turner on the point
- Boardroom Swansea City say no to the training-ground money