Swans and Cardiff City in competition for Leicester City midfielder

Sunday, 13 June 2021, 10:33
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This particular transfer rumour is not one that is likely to whet too many appetites or actually one that has any mileage in it at all but today’s reports are that the Swans, Cardiff City and Bristol City are all in contention for the signature of Matty James, soon to be released from Leicester City.

The Daily Mail reports that “The 29-year-old is leavingย Leicester Cityย this month after nine years at the club and Bristol City,ย Swanseaย City andย Cardiffย are all interested.

James joined Leicester from Manchester United in May 2012 and went on to feature for them 117 times in all competitions, scoring five goals as the team lifted both the Championship and Premier League titles.”

Last season he spent time on loan at both Barnsley and Coventry – scoring three times for the Sky Blues in 16 appearances.ย  ย The Swans are expected to be on the look out for new midfielders following the departure of Conor Hourihane at the end of his loan spell and also increasing speculation that Matt Grimes is the subject of transfer interest from several Premier League clubs.

Leicester City Blog FilbertWay says “Matty James might not get the biggest headlines and was never part of any football at Leicester City this season, playing on loan for Barnsley and Coventry City. James turns 30 in July, and his record of picking up injuries is long and ugly.”

Ironically this is a signing that probably meets Cardiff’s philosophy more than ours and nobody should also lose sight of the fact that Bristol City are managed by Nigel Pearson.ย  The same Nigel Pearson who took James to Leicester back in 2012.

 

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Phil Sumbler

Been watching the Swans since the very late 1970s and running the Planet Swans website (in all its current and previous guises since the summer of 2001 As it stood JackArmy.net was right at the forefront of some of the activity against Tony Petty back in 2001, breaking many of the stories of the day as fans stood against the actions where the local media failed. Was involved with the Swans Supporters Trust from 2005, for the large part as Chairman before standing down in the summer of 2020.

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