{"id":83280,"date":"2023-06-20T06:13:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T05:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=83280"},"modified":"2023-06-20T06:54:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T05:54:31","slug":"duff-closing-in-on-move-from-barnsley-to-sa1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/06\/20\/duff-closing-in-on-move-from-barnsley-to-sa1\/","title":{"rendered":"Duff closing in on move from Barnsley to SA1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we reported yesterday, Southampton are on the verge of appointing Russell Martin at St Mary&#8217;s Stadium and we are now told that Barnsley&#8217;s Michael Duff will be not long after confirmed as his replacement here in SA1.<\/p>\n<p>With Martin&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/06\/19\/finally-swansea-city-and-southampton-agree-martin-compensation\/\">compensation package with the Saints now agreed<\/a><\/strong> and awaiting official confirmation we now know that the Swans have not been sitting on their hands on the replacement search and all roads now seem to look to Michael Duff with various sources saying that the move to SA1 is imminent and could even happen as soon as today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='m6G_2brrQuNj3FRIHMU34w' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1494350022' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'m6G_2brrQuNj3FRIHMU34w',sig:'047_jr2vSPcYXnkatbxV25efRgVGdaHQaNMIGBnrHic=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1494350022',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Duff, a former player with both Cheltenham and Burnley was capped 24 times for Northern Ireland before moving into management in 2016 when he coached Burnley&#8217;s Under-18 squad.<\/p>\n<p>He moved to Cheltenham in 2018 and delivered a first ever automatic promotion for Cheltenham in 2021 and retained their League One position a year later with a highest ever finish for the Robins before moving on last summer to join Barnsley.<\/p>\n<p>He won three League One manager of the month awards last season with Barnsley reaching the play offs and eventually the play off final before a last minute heartache saw them beaten by local rivals Sheffield Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='4i-mPcRATut7X60vq0pH-w' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1258297772' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'4i-mPcRATut7X60vq0pH-w',sig:'_-Iexc1nCXqyUcuuOIwk0NWuTZEchdz7aY9iqCaocLk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1258297772',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The Swans are clearly impressed by his record in the lower leagues and feel that his set up and philosophy will fit well at the club with the new investors very much setting their sights on the Premier League despite the obvious difficulty that the Championship will throw at us this season.<\/p>\n<p>Duff will need to be selecting his own backroom staff to join him at Swansea with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/05\/30\/martin-taking-four-with-him-to-southampton\/\">Martin taking four trusted lieutenants with him to Saints<\/a><\/strong> and the Swans are definitely keen to get him in place well before the players report back on Friday and head off to Spain on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation has linked the Swans with moves for the likes of Steven Schumacher, Chris Davies and Kevin Muscat and whilst there may have been names on a shortlist it seems at the moment as if Duff was a leading candidate and progressed nicely towards completion.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see how the day ahead unfolds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83282\" src=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Martin-Duff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Martin-Duff.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Martin-Duff-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Martin-Duff-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Martin-Duff-640x360.jpg 640w, 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