The January 2026 Transfer Window Thread

[monmouth]

When I was home about a decade ago - I was walking down Langland - and who walks alongside me in a track suit is Federico Fernandez. I clocked him straight away and had a long chat with him as we walked over the cliffs toward Caswell - lovely guy.
Anyway - he is a well travelled pro - and in his opinion the Gower was the most beautiful place he had ever lived, and the people at the club were the friendliest. He actually described it as more of a family than a business.
Of course the wheels have fallen off a bit since then - but still - we are quick to under value what we have.
Swansea is known as the graveyard of ambition for a reason - lots of people go there and settle, and never leave.

Swansea was voted the second best place to live as a professional person. I'm sure you can imagine which areas they did and didn't live in, and I'd bet that they went nowhere near the city centre much.

As an aside 'Athens of the North' Edinburgh has lots of awfully deprived and violent areas within a mile of very affluent and extremely posh unattainable areas. Living there was like when I lived in London.Walk the wrong way and you suddenly wish you hadn't.

Swansea's main problem imo, in attracting footballers if in direct competition with the likes of Stoke, is that Swansea is at the arse end of nowhere, and lacks the clubby nightlife of London, Manchester and also the likes of Liverpool, Leeds and even Bristol. Cardiff doesn't compute, whatever Dwarf Central might like to believe.

 

[Neath_Jack]

Swansea was voted the second best place to live as a professional person. I'm sure you can imagine which areas they did and didn't live in, and I'd bet that they went nowhere near the city centre much.

As an aside 'Athens of the North' Edinburgh has lots of awfully deprived and violent areas within a mile of very affluent and extremely posh unattainable areas. Living there was like when I lived in London.Walk the wrong way and you suddenly wish you hadn't.

Swansea's main problem imo, in attracting footballers if in direct competition with the likes of Stoke, is that Swansea is at the arse end of nowhere, and lacks the clubby nightlife of London, Manchester and also the likes of Liverpool, Leeds and even Bristol. Cardiff doesn't compute, whatever Dwarf Central might like to believe.

People, not you, are twisting what I suggested out of shape. I specifically said young footballers earning a couple of grand a week, they want the nightlife, clothes boutiques, car dealerships that match their pay slip. Makes no odds what we think about it, we are talking young, rich people that want that life.

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

Should we be taking a look?:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2013273932770545919

 

[monmouth]

People, not you, are twisting what I suggested out of shape. I specifically said young footballers earning a couple of grand a week, they want the nightlife, clothes boutiques, car dealerships that match their pay slip. Makes no odds what we think about it, we are talking young, rich people that want that life.

Aye, I don't disagree at all. I went to London for bright lights when I was 21, and I didn't have tuppence

 

[Swans Jack]

Have chatted to hundreds of students over the years in my line of work , and generally always ask them the same 2 questions. " Are you enjoying your time in Swansea " and " Did you know much about Swansea before you came here" . This one particular young girl said that she was thoroughly enjoying her time here and didn't know much about the place when she arrived here. She also said when her parents visited her for the 1st time and were being shown around Mumbles and the Gower , they were having a heated debate as to which one was to blame for not picking Swansea as a holiday destination before. Most people outside of Swansea that arrive here are very complimentary about the place, saying how friendly the people are here, and a surprising amount of people that I've spoken to over the years are still here, long after their student days are finished.

I have similar thing with few friends who went to uni in Swansea. It's been nearly 20 years since they have been there, yet they talk so highly of the place and always come back even for a visit to walk down the mumbles.