Swans exits continue - and that could mean more new faces

The latest summer of change at Swansea City continues after three player departures in a matter of days.

The first exit was not one Swansea wanted, with Harry Darling turning down the offer of a new contract in south Wales in favour of a three-year deal at Norwich City.

Swansea have lost one of their most consistent performers last season for nothing which, as director of football Richard Montague noted recently, is not ideal from the club's point of view.

Could Swansea have done more to keep Darling? Certainly, they appear to have tried everything possible this spring, with the former MK Dons defender eventually offered a lucrative contract.

Who knows, if that offer had been tabled a year ago, Darling might still be at Swansea and under contract for at least a couple more seasons.

But in the end, perhaps, Darling's head had been turned.

While Darling will line up for the Canaries next season, his replacement at Swansea is already in place in the shape of Cameron Burgess.

At 29, he arrives from Ipswich Town with little re-sale value, but looks a fine acquisition nevertheless.

This week's other departures have caused less of a stir.

After two seasons as a Swansea player – one of which was spent on loan at former club Hibernian - Mykola Kuharevich has left for Slovan Bratislava on a permanent deal.

Swansea say they have received a fee for Kuharevich, the size of which has not been disclosed.

But it is safe to assume they have made a significant loss on a player who arrived from Troyes in 2023 in a deal believed to be worth close to £1m.

Kuharevich managed 10 Championship substitute appearances for Swansea, scoring one goal.

Nathan Tjoe-A-On, the other man who said farewell this week, had an even more limited impact, playing a grand total of two minutes of league football in a Swans shirt.

Swansea are understood to have paid about £300,000 for Tjoe-A-On who, like Kuharevich, goes down as one of various failed signings made in the summer of 2023.

The truth is that Tjoe-A-On's exit may not have a huge impact on Alan Sheehan's plans for 2025-26 given that he was already a fringe figure.

Kuharevich's move looks more significant given that it clears a space in the attacking department within Sheehan's squad - and probably cuts a larger slice off the club's wage bill.

The next big question is whether Jerry Yates, another forward who was out on loan last season, will follow Kuharevich through the exit door or come back into the fold.

For now, the noises are that Yates is more likely to go than stay.

Should Yates leave once more, Swansea will very definitely have a vacancy in the striker department – and more finances to work with as they look to fill it.