{"id":84540,"date":"2023-07-31T07:13:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T06:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=84540"},"modified":"2023-07-31T07:13:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T06:13:20","slug":"nothing-has-changed-joel-piroe-still-expected-to-depart-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/31\/nothing-has-changed-joel-piroe-still-expected-to-depart-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing has changed &#8211; Joel Piroe still expected to depart this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Online discussion last night was focussed very much on the latest position regards Joel Piroe following media reports that the player was &#8216;set&#8217; to stay at Swansea City this summer and see out the last year of the contract.<\/p>\n<p>This came at the end of a weekend where all the discussions were around arrivals at Swansea City &#8211; movement on which is expected at some stage today with medicals due to be undertaken at the club.\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/29\/loan-deals-with-brighton-and-newcastle-united-set-to-be-completed\/\">Carl Rushworth and Harrison Ashby are expected to sign on loan this week<\/a><\/strong> ahead of the new season whilst <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/29\/and-pedersen-makes-three-former-birmingham-defender-to-sign-on-in-sa1\/\">Kristian Pedersen is expected to be the third signing<\/a><\/strong> as the Swans continue their pre-season transfer activity which is not anticipated to end just with those three signings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='XJ_53dgBTt190HZGd3HiCA' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1562791787' 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:'XJ_53dgBTt190HZGd3HiCA',sig:'NvZmjOIPeyGauQdnJIGAjLmt-Amuf3IdDn0bb8QS24k=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1562791787',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Add to that a 4-0 pre-season win at Reading and there was a noticeable upturn in people&#8217;s optimism ahead of the new season after what seems to be a largely positive pre-season in SA1 with seemingly some positive signings both on and off the pitch taking place since we ended the season against West Brom less than three months ago.<\/p>\n<p>With the football season starting again on Saturday it could easily have been a big boost for the Swans that Joel Piroe was staying at the club although the obvious downside was there was everyone to see.<\/p>\n<p>And that downside is connected to the fact that the Swans model will simply not be set for a player of Piroe&#8217;s standard to leave the club for free in twelve months time.\u00a0 \u00a0Of course there is always the chance that the striker signs a new contract with the club which changes the situation totally but every report read this summer suggests that is not to be the case.\u00a0 \u00a0That includes the ones that talked last night about him staying.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the post and pre season period all signs have been pointing to Joel Piroe leaving Swansea City this summer.\u00a0 \u00a0Interest from (in no particular order) Leicester City, Leeds United, Southampton, Atalanta, Nottingham Forest and Everton has been reported and discussed and even some level of part exchange deals with other clubs have even been in the public domain.\u00a0 \u00a0The only fact remains though at the moment that as we reach the end of July there has not been a bid (yet) for Joel Piroe.<\/p>\n<p>Figures upwards of \u00a315m have been suggested das the minimum standard for the Swans but nothing has yet appeared that meets that valuation which now brings us to what happens in the last month of the transfer window.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='Vs4Kh1w4SZJjwex3FZTjWg' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1524371479' 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:'Vs4Kh1w4SZJjwex3FZTjWg',sig:'R9u5ZmBZ4Vb4oemgdfZkPYb1-6XdUkgdSzn9QmvbmYY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1524371479',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Those clubs who appear to have the most interest &#8211; now said to be Leeds United and Southampton &#8211; will be watching with interest and starting to believe that they could even get a deal over the line that will see us &#8216;forced&#8217; to part company with Piroe for a figure maybe even around half of those figures previously suggested.<\/p>\n<p>It is difficult to see how the Swans would be prepared to risk losing Piroe for nothing going for nothing in twelve months time when they could pick up a multi million pound fee in the coming few months.\u00a0 \u00a0Even if that fee is considerably less than they would have been looking for even two or three weeks ago.\u00a0 \u00a0Unfortunately that is the nature of both the transfer market and the financial position of clubs like ours.\u00a0 \u00a0It was painful enough for the Swans this summer that they saw someone like Ryan Manning leave for free that they will not want to repeat that mistake.\u00a0 \u00a0And we have to remember here that the transfer value of Manning was a very small fraction of the one that would be here for Piroe.<\/p>\n<p>There is little doubt in my mind that Joel Piroe would be prepared to see out his contract and move on next summer but the simple fact is that will be a position that he and the football club will be in different places on.\u00a0 \u00a0It is likely to be financially advantageous for him to do so but far less for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Then we have those who have an interest.\u00a0 \u00a0Leeds and Southampton both have the need for a striker (and they are not alone) and it is a gamble for them to risk being part of what could be a much bigger &#8220;free&#8221; market next summer and that is before we consider that if they don&#8217;t move for Piroe now then they will have to move for a striker.\u00a0 \u00a0 From our club&#8217;s perspective and that of the interested parties there is no upside?<\/p>\n<p>For me, last night&#8217;s reports change nothing.\u00a0 \u00a0I expect Joel Piroe to leave this summer, the club probably expect Joel Piroe to leave this summer,\u00a0 Joel Piroe will expect to leave this summer and those interested expect Joel Piroe to leave this summer with the right offer.\u00a0 \u00a0All that last night&#8217;s news probably does is to place a marker in the ground and prepare us for accepting a right offer at a smaller level than maybe we hoped for a month ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84542\" src=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Nothing-Changes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Nothing-Changes.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Nothing-Changes-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Nothing-Changes-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Nothing-Changes-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Nothing-Changes-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Nothing-Changes-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Nothing-Changes-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online discussion last night was focussed very much on the latest position regards Joel Piroe following media reports that the player was &#8216;set&#8217; to stay at Swansea City this summer and see out the last year of the contract. 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