The 'where are they now?' files

[Roanmore]

Manquillo playing RB for Marseille tonight on BT Sport.

Had a great chance to put them one up, shot straight at the keeper.

[Daffy Duck]

[Gibbo]

I see a lot of Swansea fans have started turning on Shelvey

[Daffy Duck]

https://streamable.com/7k2x

This is probably why.

[baitman]

https://streamable.com/7k2x

This is probably why.

christian benteke likes this.

[Yozza]

I see a lot of Swansea fans have started turning on Shelvey

He's being linked with Newcastle today - probably knew he was off!

[Slinky Skills]

https://streamable.com/7k2x

This is probably why.

****ing hell! Lazy *******.

[redmike65]

Shelvey is now a Newcastle player subject to terms and conditions.

[ronanm]

Shelvey is now a Newcastle player subject to terms and conditions.

Wonder if we have a sell on clause

[redmike65]

Wonder if we have a sell on clause

Apparently the club has a 30% sell on fee

Jonjo Shelvey on his way to Newcastle for £12 million. #LFC have a 30% sell-on clause, supposedly, meaning we'll pocket £3.6 million.

[RedReet]

What's going on with Swansea at the minute? Although they signed a few players, there should still have been money left over from the Bony transfer, they spent very little of the TV money this summer, sacked Monk (who was doing a good job), replaced him on the cheap and are now selling an important player.

Are they somehow skint?

[dww]

I thought they turned a profit in both the financial years prior to the Bony sale. Difficult to see how they can be in trouble money-wise. Something does seem to have gone off the rails though.

Saying Monk was doing a good job is a difficult call. He had done an excellent job but before he was sacked Swansea had been in abject form and there was talk of players no believing in him anymore. Until this call they had a good record of picking replacement managers in recent years. Perhaps Curtis just needs more time?

[RedReet]

I thought they turned a profit in both the financial years prior to the Bony sale. Difficult to see how they can be in trouble money-wise. Something does seem to have gone off the rails though.

Saying Monk was doing a good job is a difficult call. He had done an excellent job but before he was sacked Swansea had been in abject form and there was talk of players no believing in him anymore. Until this call they had a good record of picking replacement managers in recent years. Perhaps Curtis just needs more time?

I thought it was quite a harsh sacking. He was a young manager, learning as he went along who overachieved in his first season. I’d have at least given him until the January window to turn things around. I think a decent CF would have made a big difference to their team as I was never convinced with Gomis (or Eder) but when he did have his purple patch, you could see the difference it made.

Don’t know anything about Curtis, he could well turn out to be a good manager, I was just surprised when I heard about the appointment.

[ronanm]

Apparently the club has a 30% sell on fee

[dww]

I thought it was quite a harsh sacking. He was a young manager, learning as he went along who overachieved in his first season. I’d have at least given him until the January window to turn things around. I think a decent CF would have made a big difference to their team as I was never convinced with Gomis (or Eder) but when he did have his purple patch, you could see the difference it made.

Don’t know anything about Curtis, he could well turn out to be a good manager, I was just surprised when I heard about the appointment.

My view of Monk is similar to yours and I would certainly have inclined to loyalty. On the other hand I think sometimes both manager and club benefit from a break, particularly when the manager is young and needs to learn.

I think nearly everyone in the division feels there team would be better with a good CF, with a few fairly obvious exceptions who have one. The question then comes could Monk identify and attract one or find a solution to surviving without one.

I agree that the appointment of Curtis and sales before purchases in their position does make you wonder about what is going on though. I'd be very worried if I was a Swans fan.