When John Toshack broke Swansea City’s record transfer fee to sign Colin Irwin in 1981, no one could have foreseen that the fee of £350,000 would not be broken for over a quarter of a century. As the Swans dropped back down the leagues shortly after that, very little money was spent on transfers and
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Over the coming weeks we will be bringing you our Swansea City icons quizzes, testing your knowledge on some of the greatest players in the Swans’ history. This week it’s the turn of arguably our greatest ever captain and centre half – Ashley Williams.
To say it’s been an interesting summer in south Wales would be a bit of an understatement as Swansea City prepare for their 6th consecutive season of Premier League football. We’ve waved goodbye to a clutch of players, namely our legendary skipper, while we’ve welcomed some new faces including two new strikers, one of which for a record-breaking fee.
From the moment he signed in June last year, the majority of the Jack Army expected our union with Andre Ayew to be a short one, and that has proved to be the case after he signed for West Ham earlier in the week. In truth he won’t be missed as much as you may
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