Rob Davies
Russell Martin says new terms are to be offered to Jamie Paterson to extend his stay at Swansea whilst the club want to extend the loan of Hannes Wolf and are interested in a permanent deal for Cyrus Christie.
Paterson is key to the way Martin looks to play and has been an ever present since his dispute with the club earlier this season.
Similarly Wolf and Christie have become mainstays in the team although keeping them will be a little bit more complex than Paterson.
Wolf’s loan from Borussia Monchengladbach ends this summer but Martin says he is loving his football in Wales and his performances have certainly started to show some of the potential that saw him move for big money in Europe.
Whether he stays beyond this summer on a further loan deal will be largely down to finances with Wolf’s wages known to be on the larger side and whether Monchengladbach are happy with the player’s progress to commit a further year on loan.
Christie on the other hand is out of contract at Fulham and Martin has arguably revived the right back’s career with him offering not just solidity in defence but a potent force in attack.
The Swans boss said: “That’s already been discussed (Paterson extension).
“I would hope that will get sorted fairly quickly after the end of the season. He definitely deserves something [for] the way he has been, especially the way he has come back after that break.
“If we are going to be a proper club, we need to look after people who do really well for us, hence Naughts [Kyle Naughton] staying. Hopefully Pato will be one of the next in line to make sure he commits here as well.
“I honestly don’t know at the minute (regarding an extension for Hannes Wolf).
“Mark [Allen] is in conversation with loads of different agents. It’s definitely something we are going to explore and we’ll ask but there’s so much involved – his parent club, the finance, how much they paid for him. We’ll have to wait and see.
“He is loving it here and he has done great for us in two roles. He’s just ended up playing there [wing-back] because he’s done so well, and he’s stayed there. I think it’s a role that really suits him. He’s at the top end of the pitch where he wants to be and he’s really effective.
“He said to me, when he’s played wing-back before, he hasn’t enjoyed it, but this doesn’t feel like wing-back to him. He can do both sides of the game because he’s a brilliant pro and athletically he’s outstanding. He’s been really good. The only reason we got him was because of the style of play and we were able to convince him that whether he played inside or outside the shape, it would really suit him. Thankfully that’s been the case.”
