Rob Davies
Swansea City are hoping to move on the majority of the players out on loan this summer according to Wales Online as Russell Martin continues to reshape his squad.
Jordan Garrick who has had a productive loan spell at Plymouth Argyle is one of the players that would have anticipated an opportunity to prove himself in pre-season but – according to Plymouth manager Steven Schumacher – he now wants to return to the South West permanently.
Forward players Liam Cullen and Morgan Whittaker both spent the second half of the season at Lincoln City and largely underwhelmed with both now set to move on.
Liam Walsh made just three appearances at Hull City and the club do not wish to pursue a permanent deal after struggling to break into the first team.
Peterborough keeper Steven Benda has impressed at two loan spells at firstly Swindon and now at the ABAX Stadium but Martin wants to sign another goalkeeper this summer allowing him and Ben Hamer to both leave.
The Swans would ideally look to move the five on in permanent deals but would entertain further loans if they were the only options in order to ease the wage bill.
On a brighter note, Oliver Cooper has starred at Newport County is set to be given an opportunity to impress Martin over the summer. He generally plays as an attacking midfielder who can also play on the left side.
It’s set to be a busy summer by the looks of things.
The most disappointing move is the indication that Martin doesn’t rate Benda .I saw most of his games for the U 23 and first eleven .He is tall ,a good shot stopper and comes off his line and is good in the air .None od these apply to Fisher .This reflects the stubbornnness of Martin – the same stubbornness that saw him refuse to pick proper defenders when we were shipping goals at the end of the season.A word of caution re Ollie Cooper .He’s promising but not outstanding.