Two more signings expected before window closes – keeper and winger due in SA1

The Swans are said to be expecting two more signings before the transfer window closes this Friday which will take the total incomings during the window to eight and, on the face of it, eight quality pieces of business which has to mean credit is given to those who have worked to make it happen.

A goalkeeper – anticipated to be Tyler Miller – is to be one of those as he provides cover for Andy Fisher who is out long term with an injury.  This move is expected to be a loan move until January initially with the Swans previous move for Lawrence Vigouroux giving them a first choice keeper that Luke Williams is happy to entrust with his Championship campaign.

Last week we confirmed two more signings with Nelson Abbey (Loan) and Florian Bianchini adding to the name of Vigouroux, Vipotnik, Eom and Goncalo Franco as summer arrivals, each of them names that would not have been on the tip of many tongues when last season closed back in May.

The impact of the first four signings has already been seen with Franco the choice of man of the match for many on Sunday whilst the other three have all shown in their appearances that they have added things to the squad that needed to be added this summer.    Abbey and Bianchini are both expected to feature at some stage in tomorrow’s Carabao Cup clash with Wycombe which could also give a start to Vipotnik whilst there were international call ups confirmed yesterday for both Eom and Vigouroux.

The fact that we are ready to bring in another winger suggests that there could be a different role for Eom in the team with many tipping him for the 10 role that it is said his play is better suited to.   If that is the case then options are varied for Luke Williams in a Championship season.

So we move onto the winger who is expected to be the last arrival in SA1 this window.   The name of Siriki Dembélé has been linked before this window and any move for him would involve the owners dipping deep into the coffers to make a signature that is suggested would be in the region of £1.3m.  Norwich winger Aby Kamara is also the subject of interest from three Championship clubs with suggestions in some quarters saying that the Swans could be one of those but any deal for him is expected to be even higher than the one for Dembélé.

Another previous link this summer has been Liverpool youngster Kaide Gordon but this seems to have died down and several sources have suggested that this is no longer on the Swans radar with the preference still to make a permanent move to strengthen the wide options at the club.  However, what we do know from this window is that very rarely has there been smoke without fire so interest from the Swans in the past few weeks cannot completely rule out a move being made before the closure of the window.

Three names, two probably more viable than others, but there could also be a surprise in the offing – this time last week there was little links with Bianchini for example so don’t completely rule out a left field name coming forward in more ways than one.

The addition this week though of two more signings will see us reflect back on this window as possibly the strongest we have seen since our relegation from the Premier League.   Unlike the mass panic scattergun approach of last summer this window appears to have been managed with a structure, a patience and a desire to look at options well beyond just those that appear on the radar of most of our Championship rivals.

The Swans retain an interest in Adama Sidibeh although events on the pitch last weekend could determine whether we are prepared to let that disappear for now.  The St Johnstone player, who has scored twice this season, has been linked with a Swans move this summer (amid reports that we had submitted a bid for him) but he received TWO res cards on Saturday in their 2-0 defeat to Dundee United.

Their manager, Craig Levein believes this could lead to a three or four game ban “I need to have a look at it and work out exactly what’s gone on,” he said.

“Someone downstairs said he got two yellows and a red, but I don’t know about that yet and will need to establish what’s happened.

“If that’s the case he’s silly – he’s probably got himself a three or four game suspension.

“I don’t know exactly what the total of cards he got was yet, we’ll have to find that out.”

The transfer window closes on Friday at 11pm.