Joe Rodon: Swansea chief Julian Winter defends sale to Tottenham

[TheLoneRanger]

"There was only one club in for Joe."

Winter said the fact that Spurs were the only club interested in Wales centre-back Rodon reduced Swansea's "ability to negotiate better fees with other clubs".

Speaking to Radio Wales Sport in a wide-ranging interview, Winter added: "We did try with a couple of other clubs, but that wasn't going anywhere.

"We got to a point where in order to create a deeper squad with the permanents (signings) that we brought in, I think that's great for the club for the longer term.

"Obviously we've still got loans - the loans have been great for us - but you need to start to develop a stronger base in the sense of more permanent players with us.

"So younger, developable ones, some experienced ones - the likes of Ryan Bennett, who brings a level of experience, a set of skills, history with promotions and playing in the Premier League.

"And when you add it all together, you have to take a view and we took a view that the deal for Joe isn't a bad deal."




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[swansnews]

Julian Winter has moved to try and defend the sale of Joe Rodon to Tottenham on transfer deadline day  or more specifically tried to defend the ridiculously low price that we got for our prized asset. Welsh international Rodon departed the Liberty for the sum of a reported sum which could amount to £15m with the Swans seemingly keen to cash in on the player that they had always anticipated would move on during the summer transfer window. However, the amount of money attracted much criticism and keeps to a trend that has happened so much in the past of players who leave the Liberty for far less than most people think the player is worth. It is appreciated that the financial pressures of the club have meant additional needs to bring in income but with former Chairman Trevor Birch being all to aware of the precarious nature of our balance sheet it does appear that he has taken advantage of that knowledge and maybe the weaknesses that his departure had left within the boardroom.

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