Huw's summer of wheeling and dealing continues
Prynhawn da, buenos dias and good morning! It's Monday morning, the sun is still (remarkably) shining on our corner of South Wales and we've got our first win of pre-season under our belt (I'll post highlights of the 4-0 win over Plymouth if and when they become available).
With the new season now fast approaching, our summer transfer business must surely be nearing completion and after I've had some time to ruminate on the Ben Davies/Michel Vorm/The Gylf super-swap deal I'm starting to think Huw has played an absolute blinder - and not just with regards to this transfer.
So far this summer we've probably spent a net total of about £2.5million, if my maths are correct. There's rumoured to be a loan fee of about one million for Michu, I'd imagine we got, say, £500k for Pozuelo, plus another £2.5million for Vorm. That's us around four million up. Take away a million for Kingsley, £1.5million for Emnes and four for Jeff and we're looking at a spend of about two and a half - and of course you then have The Gylf, Fabianski & Gomis who all arrived ostensibly without transfer fees.
Ok, Gomis undoubtedly got a serious, serious signing on fee, and Ben Davies left, but we're definitely stronger as a result. It's hard to imagine Sigurdsson isn't a better player than the last time he was here, and if his 25 minute, two-goals-and-an-assist cameo yesterday is anything to go by he's set to make a mark.
For a total outlay in terms of transfer fees of around two and a half million pound so far, we've definitely improved our squad in this transfer window. It seems we're not done shopping yet either, and rumours of a new right-back (Carl Jenkinson is being heavily rumoured as well as Nigerian international Ramon Azziz) will be music to Swansea fans' ears. We're also seemingly still in the market for another winger, but Payet's snub means we'll have to look elsewhere if we're to sign someone before September 1st.
Once again, Swansea are showing you don't need to break the bank to compete. This is the Swansea way. This is what we do.
I wouldn't change it for the world.