Swansea City have signed the 26-year old Swedish international keeper, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, to provide competition for current Swansea City number one Lukasz Fabianski. Capped 5 times by Sweden, no small feet, the 6’3″ stopper is a significant upgrade from recently released backup s Dai Cornell and Tremmel.
Barcelona youngster, Guillermo Lara, is alos being linked with a move to the club.
So there we have it, 25 year old Andrew Ayew has signed for Swansea City, on a four year deal. Of course he’ll be on a fairly big wage, but as there was no transfer fee involved this looks like a great move.
Former African footballer of the year, has 62 caps for Ghana, and scored 52 goals in 181 appearances for Marseille….this for a 25 year old.
Very strong, with a good touch and excellent in the air, I am very excited about seeing how Garry Monk plans to fit him in an already very talent Swansea City attack. This doesn’t have to spell less games for Gomis though, as Ayew really looks his best working off the main striker.
Franck Tabanou, the 26 year old French left-back has singed for roughly 3.6 million pounds, a very good deal for a player I’ve studied quite a lot – we nearly signed him, or tried to sign him last year, but Saint-Etienne held out until now.
Tabanou is a really attacking, strong player, that could either provide great competition for Neil Taylor or another attacking option on the left, all the same he is a talent and we need talented players to cement our Premier League future.
(on another note, Andre Ayew, the lad I told you yesterday we are interested in signing, is now in talks with the club according to http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33071470 ….. and here’s a nice little nugget, apparently he’s a former African footballer of the year, how times have change, little Swansea city are potentially signing a former African footballer of the year, I remember when I got excited that we signed a former Newcastle United player in Joe Allon all those years ago and he’s only played a few times for them).
The latest player Swansea City are being linked with is Ghanaian international striker Andre Ayew, and these are heavy rumors not imaginary sightings down Rossi’s chippy. Andre Ayew is a big strong centre forward, great in the air, with a genuine eye-for-goal and at just 25 years old would be an excellent addition to the squad.
Personally I wouldn’t say Ayew is as good as Gomis, so if we are going to play just one striker it’d have to be Gomis, but its a long season and you really do need two quality strikers and Ayew is a genuine quality striker.
Interesting fact – he’s Abedi Pele’s son
Alexandru Maxim is the latest player to be linked with a move to the Swans. Stuttgart’s Romanian midfielder offers a nice bit of creativity and at just 24 would be one to help up solidify our long-term Premiership future.
He’s an entertainer, not unlike a wild mutation of Jonjo Shelvy and Gylfi Sigurdsson, he has a beautiful touch, the ball sticks to his boots and he’s a nice grace about the way he plays….trust me he has Swansea City legend written all over him, a signing we’d definitely all appreciate.
We got some very good news with reports that left-back Neil Taylor has signed a new four-year deal at Swansea, solidifying Garry Monk’s plans for next season. True Neil Taylor has looked a little shaky in recent seasons, but the lad has the talent to play at this level and I must admit I am very happy he has singed.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/swansea-citys-neil-taylor-one-8524509
Taylor is great going forward and has the pace to deal with fast wingers, my main concern last year was that he tended to dive into the challenge a little too much but hopefully he can calm that sentiment and concentrate on becoming a better defender for us and Wales.
http://www.thisisanfield.com/2015/03/liverpool-monitoring-swansea-left-back-neil-taylor-report/
I’d still like us to bring in some competition, but let all take a minute to raise a glass Neil Taylor signing another deal – cheers Neil.
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