Swans new signing Gorka Pintado says fans should call him El Toro although he may answer to "Tank"

El Toro is Spanish for 'The Bull' and Pintado says that if fans called him that he would be happy because it would mean that he is doing his job for the team.

Speaking after his first full week of pre-season training with the Swans, the striker spoke to Wales on Sunday about his range of nicknames and the full range of songs that already seem to be in composition for the player.

And he also revealed that he would love to follow in the footsteps of John Toshack - someone he knows much about as Gorka hails from the Sen Sebastian area of Spain - somewhere Toshack is held in very high esteem because of his Real Socieadad spells.

Pintado was making all the right noises as the fans built their own expectations of him and he said “It is true the fans seemed to love me at Granada and I had a lot of songs for me – I’m not sure why but I scored a lot of goals for them and that does help!

“But I am also quite strong and I think the supporters in Spain enjoyed that.

“They called me ‘El Toro’, which means The Bull. My team-mates called me The Tank, but I preferred Toro and I’d be happy if the Swansea fans called me it because it means I was doing my job for my new team.

“And I want to score goals – in my last three seasons. I got 18 every year and that’s the kind of target I’d like here.

“That’s how I got to get the love from the fans in Granada and it would be great if the same could happen here.

“I am from San Sebastien and I am a big fan of Real Sociedad so I know all about Toshack.

“And I know he was a hero here for what he did, but he is also a big favourite of mine because of Sociedad.

“Now I want to do well for Swansea myself and I am really looking forward to the new season and the challenge of playing in Britain.

“But I don’t think there will be any problems for me because my strength is my strength and I think that will be important here.

“I do not like letting go of the ball unless it is to my team-mate and I think I can do my job for Swansea City.”

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