What do Swans need in window - and who might go?
Vitor Matos is heading into his first summer as Swansea head coach [Huw Evans Picture Agency] Vitor Matos wants Swansea City to avoid another overhaul of their playing squad this summer – but there is business to be done when the transfer window opens in June. With the dust settling on the 2025-26 season, Swansea once again find themselves trying to work out how they can kick on in the next Championship campaign. And as ever, transfer work will be a key factor as head coach Matos attempts to build a Swansea side capable of contending for promotion after five successive mid-table finishes in the second tier.
BBC Sport Wales assesses Matos' options as things stand – and what Swansea may be looking for as they build towards 2026-27. How much work is required? When talk turned to transfer plans at the back end of the season, Matos made his desire to avoid too much change abundantly clear.
The Swans have been busy in recent summers – there were 12 new signings last year, for example - but Matos expects a different story this time around. After taking charge last November, the Portuguese helped Swansea brush off relegation concerns as they eased to an 11th-place finish. His belief is that overhauling the playing staff now would mean wasting all the work done on the training ground across two-thirds of a season.
Matos is some way down the line in terms of implementing the high-pressing approach he favours, and would rather not reverse the process by starting out in pre-season with a drastically different squad. But that is not to say there will be no fresh faces. Swansea have holes to fill already, while further departures – some of which could be very significant – would mean further vacancies to fill.
'My life has been school and Swansea City and that's it' Latest Swansea City news, analysis and fan views Who could they lose? Swansea have so far said farewell to three loan signings, with left-back Ishe Samuels-Smith, midfielder Malick Yalcouye and winger Gustavo Nunes returning to their parent clubs. As it stands, that is it as far as senior exits are concerned, with Joel Ward the only player with a contract expiring this summer whose future is still to be resolved.
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