Swans miss out on two transfer targets – Williams still hopeful for more

Luke Williams spent most of his press conference yesterday afternoon not talking about the visit to Leicester City tonight but answering questions on the newest addition to his squad – Ronald – and the activity that will take place (or not as the case may be) in the next 48 hours or so.

The Swans boss though did reveal that the club have narrowly missed out on two unnamed transfer targets and felt that he could easily have been sat answering the questions on the back of a triple signing for the club.

Williams also outlined three key characteristics that he and the club are looking for in their transfer dealings – the attributes of pace, power and aggression are clearly very high in scouting and the data model.

The Swans boss was also keen to talk up the work and effort going into the window when he said “I cannot fault the level of work that has gone into trying to get the right players.   And the level of work that has gone into persuading players that this is where they want to be.   We have narrowly missed out on two players and we could easily have been sat here with three players.”

With just over two days left in the window, the boss is expecting a flurry of activity still at the end of the window and whilst players in are clearly on the agenda he was also keen to stress that some players could leave if that was right for both player and club – our club!

“There is a chance that players will go to play football elsewhere but we are focusing on trying to strengthen the squad.  We want pace, power and aggression so players coming in will be of that ilk and we will do everything that we can to get the right player in.”

The signing of Ronald was very much a left field signing and Williams was asked if that was a sign of things to come to which he said all options were being considered “There is always room to bring in a player that everybody knows but maybe as well there is one that just fits us perfectly and we can get more accurate with the recruitment.  We are going to try and unearth players wherever we can.

“It could be pretty hectic so expect anything!”