Contract extension for Kyle Naughton

Thursday, 14 April 2022, 16:29
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When Kyle Naughton arrived from Tottenham Hotspur in January 2015 few would have imagined that more than 250 appearances would pass and today the club confirmed a 12 month contract extension that will take the veteran defender to eight years at the club.

Naughton has been an inspirational part of Russell Martin’s plans this season and is a leading contender for the player of the year award for his exceptional performances at the heart of the Swans defence.

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Therefore it was no real surprise that Naughton was awarded the contract extension today with Russell Martin confident that the signature will be added to that contract over the course of the weekend.

โ€œItโ€™s huge news. Hopefully heโ€™ll get it signed after this weekend,โ€ said Martin at his press conference today.

โ€œIโ€™m so pleased. A lot of people questioned the position he was playing in the team early on, but we knew how important he would be.

โ€œI played with him, so I knew how good a footballer he is. He was a young man when I played with him at Norwich.

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โ€œHe came on loan, and heโ€™s so mature, intelligent, relaxed but focused. His mentality is brilliant.

โ€œI love Kyle, we love working with him, we all do. He has no ego, he is unassuming and just a brilliant person. The fact he wants to stay and the club have recognised how important he is, itโ€™s really positive for us.

โ€œWe are so pleased he will be a big part of what we are doing next year. His age is of no concern to us at all.โ€

Kyle Naughton – Swansea’s Mr Dependable – Read more here

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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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