New faces - and old - present as Swansea pre-season begins

Zeidane Inoussa at Swansea's training groundImage source, Swansea City AFC
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Melker Widell and Zeidane Inoussa were among the players who reported to Swansea City's training base on Monday as Alan Sheehan's squad began preparations for the new Championship season.

Swedish duo Widell (below) and Inoussa (above) were joined at Fairwood, Swansea's training ground, by fellow new recruits Ricardo Santos and Bobby Wales.

But centre-back Cameron Burgess, who joined from Ipswich Town earlier this month, has been given extra time off because he has been in international action with Australia over the summer.

Burgess is set to arrive at Swansea at the end of the week alongside Wales trio Ollie Cooper, Liam Cullen and captain Ben Cabango, who are also returning to club duty a little late because of international commitments.

As well as the new signings, there are some familiar faces who are back with the Swansea squad after loan spells away last season.

Among those is striker Jerry Yates, who spent the last campaign at Derby County, as well as the likes of goalkeeper Andy Fisher and attacking midfielders Cameron Congreve and Joel Cotterill.

Swansea begin the new second-tier season with a trip to Middlesbrough on Saturday, 3 August.

Their first official pre-season friendly will be against League One Stevenage in Spain on Saturday, 19 July.

Melker Widell at Swansea's training groundImage source, Swansea City AFC