“I want a Ferrari” – Duff warning for Southampton over Wood

Saturday, 26 August 2023, 19:15
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Michael Duff made it clear after watching his Swans side beaten at Preston that Southampton’s valuation of Nathan Wood falls short of the club’s own valuation and that the second bid submitted yesterday was just a re-hash of the first one

Wood has been the subject of two bids from Southampton and former manager Russell Martin this week but both have been rejected by the Swans and, as Duff said “he is our player”.

That much became clear this afternoon when Wood retained his place in the side although he was unable to stop the Swans losing their second successive match on the road and ended the game with no win in our opening four league games of the season.

Whether Southampton come back in with improved bids remains to be seen but for now it is clear that the Swans see him as part of their plans and it is clear that Duff would like to keep hold of the central defender.

Speaking after the 2-1 defeat at Preston, the Swans boss saidย “He is a good player, that’s why people want him.

“He’s our player and he has two years left on his contract. The total value of the second bid, I don’t think was any different from the first one. The sell-ons and things just got juggled around.

“I want a Ferrari for Christmasโ€ฆ He has signed his contract, he’s our player and I thought he was good today.

“He is wanted by a club, the manager was previously here and he obviously knows him really well.

“But we have got a valuation on him. The club who have put the bid in have just received a lot of money and the value we think compared to the value of players being sold who are at his level – it’s short of the mark.”

The reported value of the deals has been suggested to be ยฃ10m and it has been speculated in the media that the Swans are keen to see a fee nearer the ยฃ12m that they reportedly got for Joel Piroe.

Watch this space on this one, it doesn’t feel like the potential closed matter that the press have suggested it to be.

Images courtesy of Getty Images, Athena Picture Agency and Swansea City Football Club.

4 Comments

  1. Consolidation is a priority. We have just sold our main goal scorer, let’s not fall into the trap of selling any more of our talent.

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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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