Swansea City News

WITH the transfer window due to swing open next week, Swansea have already been linked with a string of potential new signings.

DARRYL Duffy admits he is still perplexed as to why he was frozen out at Cheltenham Town after netting 15 goals in his first season with the club.

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

STEVEN Shingler is hopeful of finally making the step-up to international rugby in Japan in the coming weeks, albeit in the red of Wales rather than the navy blue of Scotland.

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.

HUW Jenkins has fired a warning shot to clubs thinking of bidding for Swansea City's players by declaring: "We do not need to sell." Ashley Williams, Michel Vorm and Michu are among Swansea's players who have attracted interest from other clubs this season.

According to Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins, there have been no offers or contact of any sort from clubs about Williams's potential availability, while the player himself has been coy about his future.

After enduring six years in football's basement, City will rejoin a division where they will no longer be the team with the target on their backs; the side that everybody wants to have a pop at.

SWANSEA City's memorable season ended on a flat note as an exhibition in clinical finishing gave Fulham a 3-0 win at the Liberty Stadium.

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.

James Hanson headed the Bantams ahead in their second Wembley appearance of the season and Rory McArdle nodded in Nathan Doyle's cross to make it 2-0. The Bantams completed a dominant opening 30 minutes as Thompson's second assist set up Nahki Wells to fire his 26th goal of the season.

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

ROBERTO Martinez may just have taken Wigan into the Championship, but he is a fantastic manager and is sure to be in demand this summer.

MICHU ended a season-long stream of plaudits by bagging The Evening Post Supporters' Player of the Year trophy at Swansea City's annual awards bash last night.

ONLY once in the ten seasons since Hull have Swansea City failed to improve on the previous year's league finish.

THEY'VE already made their way into the history books in their own right this season, and now Swansea City have secured another iconic mention.

The new Manchester United manager will officially take charge at Old Trafford on July 1. He will quickly be aware that United's scouting team have been searching for a top level left-back and midfielder.

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.

It was five months ago when Sir Alex Ferguson claimed, somewhat bizarrely, that Wales star Williams was lucky not to have killed Robin van Persie.

The midfielder is once again the Ambassador for the High 5 Awards which put the spotlight on young people who have gone the extra mile to improve their lives or communities.