Ben Davies News

MICHAEL Laudrup would be daft to turn down Real Madrid if they came calling - and anyone who disagrees is even more foolish.

IT pays to keep your focus in football, as Northwich Victoria's stadium announcer learned to his cost a couple of years ago when he introduced a minute's silence before an armistice-weekend game with FC United.

The tough-tackling full-back is one of four debutants named by manager Louis van Gaal to feature next to the likes of Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie.

Swansea V Fulham - view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game live. Laudrup: We can be best of the rest Manager Michael Laudrup has urged his Swansea side to remain motivated and claim a victory against Fulham which could see them finish best of the rest in the Barclays Premier League.

The Dutchman suffered concussion in the win at Wigan, but is set to make his return for the last game of the season.

SWANSEA City's players will gather with fans at the Liberty tonight to celebrate what will go down as probably the best season in the club's history.

But results elsewhere meant Swansea were left with something to celebrate as they are now guaranteed to improve on last season's 11th-placed finish by ending this campaign in the top half of the Premier League.

Sir Alex Ferguson retire at the end of the season and their final home game will be quite the occasion A corner for United comes to nothing as Tremmel catches Kagawa's overhit cross, but Swansea are struggling to take advantage of situations as their counter breaks down on halfway - again.

Police were called to at around 1.25am to reports of an injured man in the road.

TONY Pennock is targeting progress across the board in the Swansea City Academy next season despite landing the FAW Welsh Youth Cup for the fourth straight year.

Swansea City defender Daniel Alfei has signed a two-year extension to his contract, committing himself to the club until 2016.

GERHARD Tremmel is on standby for a start at Manchester United this weekend as Michel Vorm battles to recover from his midweek collision with Ben Davies.

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez insists his players will not throw in the towel despite last night's catastrophic 3-2 home defeat by Swansea.

Wigan Athletic face an uphill battle to avoid relegation from the Premier League after twice relinquishing the lead in an agonising 3-2 loss at home to Swansea City on Tuesday.

Wigan are clinging to their Barclays Premier League status by the thinnest of threads after two calamitous defensive errors condemned them to a 3-2 defeat against Swansea.

Wigan's victory over West Brom on Saturday was not enough to push them out of the Premier League relegation zone.

Sunday will see success for one Welsh football club returning to the Football League while Cardiff City celebrate promotion to the Premier League with an open top-bus tour.

Blues have already taken Scott Sinclair from the Wales club, although it hasn't worked out too well for him The Blues produced one of the surprises of last summer by signing Swansea winger Scott Sinclair.

Swansea boss Michael Laudrup is unlikely to make too many changes from the side who lost 2-0 in their previous match away to Chelsea.

SCOTT Sinclair will return to Swansea City with Manchester City as a much richer man - but he has paid a high price for his move to the Etihad.Sinclair's 6.2 million transfer has cost the winger a year of his career, and all the money in the world cannot buy that back.