Wales' Connor Roberts hopes to play for Swansea again

[WentToSchoolWith]

Connor Roberts: Wales defender wants to play for Swansea City again

Wales defender Connor Roberts wants to rejoin Swansea City before his playing days come to an end.

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[magicdaps10]

Contract is up in the summer and will be going into next season soon to be in his 30s.
If he wants to come back then I hope it's with still some gas left in his tank and not for a cushy contract going into his twilight years.
If Key isn't going to sign a contract then this could be an opportunity that might suit both parties come the summer.

 

[Swansea93]

Imagine we get Roberts and Ben Davies back next summer, a certain Nigel Morris is a big Spurs fan isn’t he?

 

[stevethejack]

We gave Connor a good reception up in Burnley, both at the start and at the end. Fortunately, it wasn't hero-worshipping during the game. Very decent player and would like to see him again in a Swans shirt

 

[eteb]

Contract is up in the summer and will be going into next season soon to be in his 30s.
If he wants to come back then I hope it's with still some gas left in his tank and not for a cushy contract going into his twilight years.
If Key isn't going to sign a contract then this could be an opportunity that might suit both parties come the summer.

Do you think that will happen with key? Disappointing if so

 

[WentToSchoolWith]

Do you think that will happen with key? Disappointing if so

I've no insight, but he's got 18 months on his deal, plus we have the option to trigger an extra year. He won't leave any time soon

 

[magicdaps10]

No rush then, we can wait until the summer or next January to discuss.
Bit odd Lukey came out this week calling for his contract to be sorted.

 

[WentToSchoolWith]

No rush then, we can wait until the summer or next January to discuss.
Bit odd Lukey came out this week calling for his contract to be sorted.

He's come into money and wants it spent, we've all been there

 

[Ringwood]

Burnley fans rated Key higher than Roberts and would swap.

 

[Cooperman]

We don’t need signings driven by sentimentality, we need to get back to the model of finding hidden gems, developing them and selling on as a means of enhancing our future growth.

New owners won’t mean bucket loads of cash being thrown around, and it certainly won’t be spent on one last payday for the boys. There’s still FFP rules to comply with.

 

[cmajack]

We don’t need signings driven by sentimentality, we need to get back to the model of finding hidden gems, developing them and selling on as a means of enhancing our future growth.

New owners won’t mean bucket loads of cash being thrown around, and it certainly won’t be spent on one last payday for the boys. There’s still FFP rules to comply with.

Surely we have had our fingers burnt enough over the last few years, bringing back past players that should never have been signed on again. There must be plenty of good young players in League 1 ( Josh Key being an example) that can make the step up without breaking the bank, and if successful will have a good resell fee.

 

[magicdaps10]

Surely we have had our fingers burnt enough over the last few years, bringing back past players that should never have been signed on again. There must be plenty of good young players in League 1 ( Josh Key being an example) that can make the step up without breaking the bank, and if successful will have a good resell fee.

I did highlight it when we gave new contracts to Allen and Naughton.
We need players who have enough in their tank to be able to be ready when fit to compete to start in the team and not have a free ride at the club.

 

[Ringwood]

We may end up in a higher league when Roberts decides to semi retire.

 

[monmouth]

Not good enough for anything more than mid championship. Would be Allen all over again. I like them both but if they weren’t ‘one of our own’ we wouldn’t entertain the idea of paying the wages they want.

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

No rush then, we can wait until the summer or next January to discuss.
Bit odd Lukey came out this week calling for his contract to be sorted.

I'm sure his agent was delighted that the head coach compared him to Gareth Bale; He'll be more than happy to bring that up in the contract negotiations, if everyone in the room can keep a straight face...