'Let's see what happens' with Roberts - Williams

Connor Roberts joined Swansea aged nine and made his senior debut for the club during the 2017-18 season

Luke Williams has described Connor Roberts as an "incredible player" after the Wales international revealed he wants a second spell at Swansea City.

Right-back Roberts left boyhood club Swansea for Burnley in 2021.

But the 29-year-old, whose contract at Turf Moor expires at the end of this season, said in an interview with BBC Sport Wales last week that he hopes to rejoin Swansea before his playing career comes to an end.

"He'd walk into almost any Championship team, let's be honest," said Swansea head coach Williams.

"He's an incredible player and great character so let's see what happens in the future, I don’t know. But I liked the interview."

Williams had just been appointed assistant to then Swansea boss Russell Martin when Roberts was sold to Burnley.

Though they only briefly crossed paths, Roberts contacted Williams when he returned to Swansea last January.

"I love this guy," Williams added. "When I was assistant here I saw him in the canteen for a week. He didn’t train because he had a small injury and he was on the brink of moving on.

"That stuck with me because I was quite sad I didn’t get to work with him on the grass.

"I think I had 200 messages when I came back [as head coach] and the very first one? Mr Roberts. A properly genuine, nice, supportive message because he does love it here. It's his club."

Roberts, from Crynant, played 152 senior games for Swansea after progressing through the club's academy ranks.

The 2021 Championship play-off final loss to Brentford proved to be his final appearance before he was sold to Burnley in a cut-price deal because he had only a year left on his Swansea contract.

Roberts said he wants to make "good memories" at Swansea "when I do go back and play for them again", with his future beyond this season uncertain given that his Burnley deal is running down.

It could well be that Swansea are in the market for a right-sided defender come next summer.

As things stand, experienced duo Kyle Naughton and Cyrus Christie see their contracts expire at the end of the season, while it would be no surprise should there be transfer interest in Swansea's current first-choice right-back, Josh Key.

For the moment, Roberts' focus is on Burnley, where he has made 12 appearances so far this season.

"He is a brilliant player in a really brilliant team, highly motivated for that team to go and get promoted I am sure," Williams added.

"I don’t think he is talking about anything else other than that, but he makes no secret about how much he loves this club and we all understand that.

"We are talking about something [which is] potential, in the future, and there is no disrespect towards Burnley whatsoever."