Swansea City

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Swansea City are one of a number of Championship clubs interested in a loan move for Southampton winger Sam Amo-Ameyaw, who is believed to have watched Luke Williams' team in action at Norwich City last weekend.

Swansea were keen on a loan deal for Amo-Ameyaw last summer but he ended up staying with the Saints.

But there are suggestions the 18-year-old will be allowed to move before Monday's transfer deadline - and Swansea are in the mix for his signature.

Cardiff City are among the other clubs being linked with a move for Amo-Ameyaw, who scored his only senior goal in Southampton's League Cup win against the Bluebirds last August.

England Under-19 international Amo-Ameyaw has made only four Southampton appearances this season having played seven times under then boss Russell Martin last term.

Swansea head coach Luke Williams has been trying to sign a wide player throughout the January window.

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Swansea City are interested in Peterborough United midfielder Hector Kyprianou.

Swansea have been looking to bolster their midfield throughout January, with their need for new faces increasing dramatically after it emerged that Matt Grimes will be leaving for Coventry City.

The Swans are known to be targeting the Premier League loan market as they look to replace Grimes, but Peterborough captain Kyprianou is also on their list of potential recruits.

The Cyprus international, 23, has made 22 appearances this season, scoring two goals, since being named Posh skipper last summer.

In all he has scored 13 goals in 122 games for Peterborough since joining the League One club from Leyton Orient in 2022.

With Kyprianou's contract up this summer, Peterborough – who are 18th in the third tier - may be tempted to sell him before Monday's transfer deadline.

London-born Kyprianou made 78 senior appearances for Orient after coming through the London club's youth ranks.

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Matt Grimes has played in all but four of Swansea City's 305 league games since relegation from the top flight in 2018.

There can be no clearer measure of the midfielder's consistency, his technical ability and his durability than that extraordinary record.

Luke Williams, Swansea's head coach for almost 13 months, is yet to take charge of a match – in league or cup - in which Grimes has not featured.

But that statistic looks like being wiped out this Saturday when Williams' team play Coventry City, the club who have shocked Swansea by making a serious move to sign their club captain.

Whether a transfer is finalised before the weekend or not, it seems unlikely Grimes will be involved against the side who are trying to recruit him.

Coventry are only four points and five places better off than Swansea in the Championship table.

A month ago, Swansea were ninth, six places above the Sky Blues and with five more points. In other words, there has not been much between the clubs on the pitch this season.

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But finances are so often critical in football, and the understanding is that Coventry are prepared to give Grimes, who will turn 30 this summer, the sort of contract which Swansea would not go close to matching.

And that says much about what Williams and his staff are up against in the Championship, where it is not only clubs at the very top end of the division who have much more financial clout than Swansea.

Wages may not be the only factor involved in Grimes' potential move, of course. It could also be that he sees Coventry as a better bet to push for the Premier League than Swansea, who have not looked like contenders for promotion since defeat by Brentford in the Championship play-off final in 2021.

Grimes played in that game, which almost goes without saying.

He has been a stalwart since Swansea dropped out of the Premier League, a shoo-in for selection under Graham Potter, Steve Cooper, Russell Martin, Michael Duff and Williams.

Grimes' blend of qualities means that should - as appears likely - the move to Coventry materialise, he will leave a mighty hole in a Swansea squad which already has numerous issues.

The only hope for the club's fans – and for Williams – is that Swansea's hierarchy will fill some of the gaps before the transfer window closes next Monday night.

When Swansea City wrapped up 2024 with a win over Luton Town, they were four points off the play-offs.

Fast forward four weeks and Swansea are yet to win since, shipping an alarming 18 goals in the process.

Criticised for his comments around the vacant West Brom job, Luke Williams only has a last-gasp draw with the Baggies to show for his side's efforts - with a stinging 3-0 south Wales derby defeat also forming part of the poor run.

With Williams admitting he was left "embarrassed" by the 5-1 defeat at Norwich City the Swans are now 17th in the Championship table, closer to the bottom three than they are the top six.

So just what has gone wrong at Swansea City and what is to blame for the slide? Do they need more signings? Most importantly, what needs to change for Swansea to start climbing away from danger?

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Swansea City boss Luke Williams says the club need to make further signings in the January transfer window.

The Swans have now collected just a point in their past five games after a 5-1 defeat at Norwich City.

Williams confirmed the south Wales club will receive a sell-on fee after ex-Swan Morgan Whittaker moved from Plymouth Argyle to Middlesbrough for a fee of £5m plus add-ons, adding that he was "hopeful," he would be able to spend the money this month.

"I hope for more signings," he told BBC Radio Wales Sport, adding that nothing is close to being completed.

"It's becoming more and more evident to me that signings are needed," he added.

"I am involved in the recruitment decisions, we need as high a level of player as we can possibly try to get and we need to try and be very aggressive to get them here."

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Swansea City boss Luke Williams says his side need to realise they could potentially be dragged into a relegation battle.

The Swans were hammered 5-1 at Norwich City, a performance Williams said left him feeling "embarrassed."

The Swans have now collected one point from their past five matches – including a 3-0 hammering in the south Wales derby – and Williams says Swansea cannot become complacent having slipped to 17th, albeit still seven points clear of the Championship drop zone.

Williams was unhappy with Swansea's capitulation at Carrow Road and says his players need to realise where their season could be heading.

"We compound our own problems, time and time again," he said. "Everything we can do naively, we do.

"I think (having to look over shoulders) might help us to understand the gravity of what we are doing here.

"If we don't recognise that we have to be tougher and more resilient then we are going to slip into a scrap."