The Swansea City Courier
Boardroom18 Aug 2031
Pressure builds in the Swansea City boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Match16 Aug 2031
A hiding for Swansea City
Beaten 0‑3 by Wolverhampton, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market18 Aug 2031
Swansea City say no — this time
The offer from Stockport County for Zeidane Inoussa was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets18 Aug 2031
No deal for Martín Zubimendi at that price
Swansea City offered $2.5M; Arsenal said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market18 Aug 2031
Callum Bates has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Swansea City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad18 Aug 2031
Tempers go at Swansea City
Kiano Dyer was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom18 Aug 2031
12 academy graduates step up at Swansea City
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets18 Aug 2031
Door shut on Dilane Bakwa
Swansea City asked and Nottingham Forest said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout18 Aug 2031
Ben Cisse frozen out at Swansea City
This is not rotation. Ben Cisse has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Swansea City is pretending otherwise.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Benjamin Brown joins the Swansea City first team
- Market John Marshall steps up from the Swansea City academy
- Match Zeidane Inoussa the difference as Swansea City beat Blackburn Rovers