Barrie McKay insists he has no messages to deliver to Aitor Karanka when Swansea City host Nottingham Forest on Saturday. McKay spent a year at Forest, before he joined the Swans this summer, but once Karanka came in as manager at his old club midway through last season he found himself surplus to requirements. That prompted the Scottish winger to move to the Liberty Stadium and he had started every Championship game under Graham Potter until he missed the victory at Millwall a fortnight ago due to illness.

Welsh winger Owain Jones has rejoined Merthyr Town on loan and he is eligible to play against Melksham Town away in the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday (3pm). Former Swansea City player Jones left the Martyrs last summer to play for Nuneaton Borough, but has agreed on a return to the MetCoaches Stadium in Merthyr. […]

Jefferson Montero says the power of love has restored his match-winning abilities at Swansea City. The Ecuadorian looked to be on his way out of the club last season when former managers Paul Clement and Carlos Carvalhal decided they could do without the winger in their Premier League squad. Montero – who shone so brightly for the Swans when he first arrived at the club four years ago – spent the first half of last season on loan with Getafe before joining Mexican side Emelec on a sub-loan.

Swansea City fans will meet on Wednesday to discuss the Supporters’ Trust’s ongoing talks with the club over their potential sale of shares. The meeting of Supporters Trust members comes following publication of a carefully managed interview by the club’s American owners in which they claimed they wanted to meet Trust officials – “without lawyers” – to discuss buying half of the Trust’s 21 per cent share. Those purchase plans – which could raise funds – have been put on hold for the past seven months since initial talks stalled.

Welshman Lee Lucas, a former Championship, Scottish Premier and Wales under-21 player, has signed for Southern League Premier club Merthyr Town. Aberdare-born Lucas is in the Martyrs’ squad for their fixture at Walton Casuals in Surrey this afternoon. The talented Lucas started his playing days with Cwmamman and joined the Swansea City Academy at the […]

Matt Grimes reckons his Swansea City career is finally taking off – even if it has taken three years and several loan moves. The midfielder has played in five of the Swans six games this season under new boss Graham Potter and is relishing the opportunity.

Graham Potter has insisted he wants Nathan Dyer, Wayne Routledge and Luciano Narsingh to stay at Swansea City – even though all three look surplus to requirements. None of the experienced trio featured in the squad for Tuesday night’s 1-0 defeat at home to Crystal Palace, which ended the Swans’ interest in the Carabao Cup at their first tie. The club would like to get all three off their wage bill and will encourage any interested parties to take any of them before Friday’s loan transfer deadline.

Graham Potter will take time to share Swedish stories with Roy Hodgson on Tuesday night after Swansea City have hosted Crystal Palace. Potter spent six years in Sweden – taking Ostersund from the fourth tier to the top level – before his move to Wales, but that adventure might not have been possible had it not been for Hodgson. The former England boss paved the way for British coaches in Scandinavia with his spells at both Malmo and Halmstad, before going to manage Switzerland, Liverpool, Fulham, England, and now Palace among others.

Swansea City defender Martin Olsson has admitted he is not yet fully fit after his World Cup exertions with Sweden. Olsson – who reached the quarter-finals in Russia this summer before the Swedes were beaten by England – has played in all five of the Swans’ Championship matches so far. The left-back was given extra recovery time after the tournament before returning to the club for pre-season training, but came straight into the side for the opening fixture at Sheffield United.

For the first time this season, Graham Potter did not try to varnish the truth, find a positive, or seek to defend Swansea City’s owners for their recklessness after the club’s first defeat of the season. The 1-0 home loss to Bristol City had so little to commend it from a Swans perspective that even the bushy-tailed Potter looked downcast and accepting of the opposition’s superiority – opponents who had failed to win any of their opening four matches this season. Swansea were desperately poor in the first-half, so abject that Potter’s normal faith in his young team had extinguished by the break during which he made two changes.

Joe Rodon could be the Swansea City rough diamond who eases the pain of selling the club’s crown jewels. The 20-year-old is poised to continue at the heart of the Swans’ defence on Saturday when Bristol City visit the Liberty Stadium, having made a big impression in just three matches for the club. Rodon is still raw and inevitably prone to the odd error – as was the case in Leeds’ second equalising goal in the midweek 2-2 draw – but the calm authority and composure of the academy product has already sparked talk of a Wales call-up this season.

Oli McBurnie earned plenty of praise from Swansea City manager Graham Potter – even though his two goals were not enough to earn victory over Leeds United. McBurnie scored twice during Tuesday night’s 2-2 draw at the Liberty Stadium, the second a magnificent header which showcased his technique and athleticism. That made it three goals in four league games so far this season for the Scottish international and 12 goals in 21 Championship matches in total, when added to his efforts on loan at Barnsley last season.