Planet Swans ArchivesNever a week goes by without some form of rumour surfacing for the player signed on a free from Wrexham by former manager Brian Flynn. And whilst the club have always insisted he was not for sale it was easy to get cynical and say things like ‘let’s see what happens if a bid really does come in’
Debates have raged long and hard on the message boards as to the real value of Lee Trundle with some believing that the bid turned down may have been enough to persuade the board to sell. But the Swans don’t agree and the bid from Sheffield Wednesday was turned down outright at a level of £750,000 which would have been a club record outright transfer fee and second only to the just under £1,000,000 eventually received for Chris Coleman.
Taking that fee out of the equation the biggest fee received for a Swansea player was £400,000 for Steve Torpey back in 1997 and pre that Alan Curtis at £350,000 in the late 1970s.
The club therefore back their statement that they do not wish to sell Trundle and with discussions continuing about potential image right deals there looks a fair chance that the player will stay with the League One promotion contenders for some time yet.
In addition to that Lee Trundle has only ever expressed a wish to play at a higher level but will openly admit I should imagine that he has the chance now to do that with the Swans rather than having the need to move clubs to undertake that ambition.
The Swans remain on the look out for potential additions to their squad as they look to build on their great start to the season that sees them head into the weekend in 3rd place in League One.
And with the turning down of this bid, there is clear indication in the market place that unless you have that kind of money then you may as well not bother making the phone call.
