Swansea City to talk compensation for Russell Martin after he agrees to join Southampton
With a variety of the majority ownerships social media accounts now deleted ( it is Sunday after all ) the Swans hierarchy are about to enter in to deep discussions on the compensation for Russell Martin and Matt Gill plus unnamed staff with Southampton.
It’s no surprise and really now the intensity of Martin’s leaving is just about to be really felt by a certain section of the Jack Army. Regardless of opinion Martin will also be looking to bring in a few Swansea City players in to the Saints dressing room as well. Of course that really can’t happen until June 10th when the domestic transfer window opens, but agreements can be made in lieu of that date.
We covered the expected interest by Southampton this morning.
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Now this is almost certainly a start if the end game we can also reference the players Martin will most likely be interested in joining him at St Mary’s. We would be very surprised if nothing materialises as Martin is keen to regain support in the dressing room for his methods which can be taxing at times on players mentality.
That’s here –> Swansea gems to Saints ?
The Swans as we reported this morning are not jumping in to this blindly as they have already researched a replacement for Martin during his horrendous run earlier on this year. We understand he was two games away from being sacked before his ten game unbeaten run started in March.
We will keep you updated as News reaches us on another summer of soul searching.
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