it is reported that our bid has been accepted and the player is not on newcastle"s tour because hes discussing personal terms with us.
Lots of papers reporting this. Routledge might just have the kind of premiership experience that I think we're going to need in the middle of the park this season. Fantastic news on the back of Allen signing and Dyer looking close to doing the same.
Aye not bad for 1.8m if the price being quoted is correct. Can see him starting ahead of Dyer to begin with but all three wingers will rotate through the season I reckon.
If it comes off it'll keep the other wingers on their toes and will give them some well deserved rests through rotation.
Routledge would be a great capture for us and would suit the Swans style perfectly.Fingers crossed he agrees personal terms. With quality of Sinclair,Dobbie, Danny Graham,Luke Moore vying for starts in that front line he'd be a very strong addition. Just thinking about championship players that would be sound signings in the Premier for the Swans. Sordell of Watford, Kebe and Federici of Reading, Mullins of Pompey,Patterson and Eagles of Burnley, Gradel of Leeds, Becchio and Somma of Leeeds, Emnes and Lita of Boro,Lambert of Southampton,Whittingham and Marshall of Cardiff Pitman of Bristol City,Scotland of Ipswich,Quinn (lge one) Shef Utd,Mcguigan of Forest..and many more I suspect
unless he drops his wage claim you wont see him at the liberty so i would not bank on him joining, also the toon may want us to pay for his two years left on his contract.....
As long as he's prepared to knuckle down and work for a place in the team, then this is a-ok with me. I rate him as a player, a little worried he's a prima-donna though for some reason...
the signing of routledge or a similer type player would let us use sinclair as a more central striker and give us more options