Tonight's Swansea City transfer news as offer made for defender and Darling close to decision
Tonight's Swansea City transfer news as offer made for defender and Darling close to decision
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Centre-half Ricardo Santos is leaving Bolton Wanderers at the end of June
Here's your round-up of all the latest Swansea City news for Wednesday, May 28.
Swans 'offer contract' to free agent
Swansea City have reportedly offered a contract to outgoing Bolton Wanderers defender Ricardo Santos.
The 29-year-old is a free agent having seen out his contract with the League One outfit, and Football League World claims the Swans, along with Championship rivals Sheffield Wednesday, have now submitted an offer. Sign up to the Swansea City WhatsApp service to get breaking news and top stories sent to your phone
Santos has also been linked with Derby County recently, and leaves Bolton having made 25 league appearances last season.
Club sources have played down suggestions that a move to bring Santos SA1 is on the cards, although a new centre-back is likely to be on the agenda this summer, regardless of whether out-of-contract star Harry Darling decides to extend his stay at the club.
Santos spent a total of five years with Bolton, and won promotion from League Two in his first season before taking the captain's armband between 2021 and 2024.
The second half of last season was a testing time for Santos, who suffered rom a chronic pelvic injury that kept him out for three months.
Nevertheless, he has still been tipped to the make the step up to the second tier.
Darling decision close
Harry Darling is close to making a decision on his future, WalesOnline understands.
Darling, whose current Swans deal comes to an end this summer, has been pondering an improved contract offer from the club over the last few weeks, with his situation attracting interest from several other clubs.
Wrexham and Birmingham City are among those keeping a close eye on developments, and there's an acceptance among Swansea's powerbrokers that Darling is likely to be entertaining offers from elsewhere.
It's understood there is still some hope Darling will commit his future to the club, although confidence has clearly waned over the last week or so.
Either way, a decision over what comes next is believed to be imminent.
Quartet called up to under-21s
Four Swansea City youngsters have been named in Matty Jones' latest Wales under-21s squad for the upcoming friendly with Norway in Spain. Sign up to our Swansea City newsletter here.
Joe Cotterill and Cameron Cogreve, both of whom were included in Craig Bellamy's senior training camp earlier this month, join Cameron Congreve and Evan Watts in this latest squad, which will head out to Malaga to take on the Norwegians on Friday night.
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This clash will be their final game before the start of their 2027 U21 Euro qualifying campaign, which gets under way later this year.
Cymru U21: Evan WATTS (Swansea City), Lewys BENJAMIN (Wolves), Luke ARMSTRONG (Cardiff City), Archie HARRIS (AFC Bournemouth), Luey GILES (Cardiff City), Zac WILLIAMS (Crewe Alexandra), Ben HAMMOND (Nottingham Forest), Thierry KATSUKUNYA (Aston Villa), Dylan LAWLOR (Cardiff City), Sam PARKER (Swansea City), Alex WILLIAMS (West Bromwich Albion), Rhys THOMAS (Man City), Joel COTTERILL (Swansea City), Kai ANDREWS (Coventry City), Jonathan BLAND (Barnsley), Joel COLWILL (Cardiff City), Troy PERRETT (Cardiff City), Cian ASHFORD (Cardiff City), Tanatswa NYAKUHWA (Cardiff City), Cameron CONGREVE (Swansea City), Chris POPOV (Leicester City).
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