Surely not...
Jonathan De Guzman could legitimately feel a bit hard done by right about now. He's had two seasons in the Premiership with the Swans, winning a major cup on the way, followed by a World Cup campaign with Holland which, while it was unspectacular, hardly would have done any damage to his reputation. Couple that with his parent club (Villareal - who the Swans are playing at home next weekend weirdly enough) regaining their La Liga status, and everything seemed to falling into place for Jono.
Except...it hasn't. The Swans have been coy when talk has turned to De Guzman, simply stating they'd like him to come back again, while Villareal don't seem to have him listed on their website, and haven't included him in their team photo (unless it's a year out of date on their website, which isn't impossible). Either way it seems he's managed to place himself in the footballing equivalent of limbo.
This got me thinking - why don't we loan him for another season? At first I said it jokingly, then I thought about it some more. Can anyone say why it isn't a good idea? I'm pretty sure he'd have a year left on his contract by the time a year-long loan finishes, which would make any subsequent permanent transfer cheaper, and that's without factoring in the fact we'd have paid his wages for three years by then. Again, that'd be money off any transfer fee. Well, it should be anyway.
Ok, on paper loaning a player three season running is ridiculous, but that's where the concern ends for me. We do still need a midfielder or two, and we know that a) De Guzman knows the system and b) he does actually like it here - something which is important to Huw & The Monk. If the club do want De Guzman here, then I'm running out of reasonable explanations as to why we haven't seen any movement on it yet. The triple-loan theory makes sense to me, anyway.
Whether there's anything in this is doubtful, but it would be typical of the Swans. Get an international who's played at the World Cup for a third season without paying a transfer fee? That's the Swansea way, alright.