Joe Allen has told his Swansea City teammates they have to improve if they are to have any hope of keeping their arm lock on rivals Cardiff City this weekend. The former Wales midfielder will be part of a Swans team looking for a fifth successive derby victory over the Bluebirds when they visit the capital on Saturday night.

Brennan Johnson can handle the hype of being Harry Kane’s follow-up act – but Tottenham fans have to show patience. That’s the advice of Wales manager Rob Page, who has been down this road before with both Gareth Bale and Dan James.

Michael Duff has told his Swansea City team they need to speed up and break out of the walking pace that has dragged them into the Championship relegation zone. It’s early days as far the table goes, but the warning signs of a campaign of struggle are evident after the Swans lost 2-1 at home to Bristol City. Duff is still looking for a first league win as head coach after five games and his team sit in 22nd spot, two points adrift of the safety zone.

Michael Duff has tipped Nathan Wood for a future with England after Swansea City fought off fierce transfer interest from Southampton for the defender. Wood joined the Swans from Middlesbrough for £400,000 in the summer of 2022 and impressed throughout last season under Russell Martin – who was keen to take the 21-year-old from Wales to St Mary’s Stadium.

Wales striker Brennan Johnson could still be heading towards Tottenham from Nottingham Forest as the biggest Welsh deadline day deal. Forest’s Welsh manager Steve Cooper has admitted Johnson’s future at the club could go down to the wire as talks continue over a deal that could be worth £50m.

Michael Duff revealed Swansea City are in talks with Stoke City defender Josh Tymon after watching his team bow out of the Carabao Cup. The Swans went down 3-2 at home to Bournemouth in a game where the strength in depth of the Premier League club was the telling factor.

Michael Duff has told his Swansea City players they need to become far more ruthless if they are to kickstart their Championship campaign. The Swans head coach saw his team lost 2-1 at Preston at the weekend after leading 1-0, a result that leaves them down in 20th place in the early season table and still searching for their first win after four games.

Swansea City are being linked with Aston Villa striker Keinan Davis after opting to sell Joel Piroe to Leeds United for a basic cut-price fee of £10.5m. Piroe completed his move to Leeds on Thursday evening, signing a four-year deal with one of the Swans’ Championship rivals. Former Swans head coach Russell Martin had suggested last season that Piroe was in the £20m to £25m bracket after the 24-year-old Dutchman had scored 20 League goals in both of his two seasons with the club.

Michael Duff insists it is too soon to panic after his third match without a win as Swansea City head coach slipped by. Summer signing Jerry Yates bagged his second goal of the campaign to earn his new side a 1-1 draw with Coventry City in the Championship. The visiting Sky Blues were wasteful in the first half but took the lead through what was one of their only two shots on target in the game as Matty Godden netted in the 39th minute.

Ollie Cooper vowed to lock up Swansea City stars Joel Piroe and Matt Grimes amid fierce transfer interest in the duo. Captain Grimes has been a mainstay for Swansea since they were relegated from the Premier League in 2018.

Swansea City have announced the club’s women’s squad will become a semi-professional team with immediate effect. The change in status also sees the team formally brought under the umbrella of Swansea City and the club’s football department, and they will now be known as Swansea City AFC Women.

New Swansea City signing Nathan Tjoe-A-On has revealed he consulted former Swans star and fellow Dutchman Jonathan de Guzman before making his move to South Wales. Tjoe-A-On has completed a move from Eredivisie club Excelsior for a reported fee £300,000 and is expected to compete with Josh Key for the left-back spot.