Signings in the pipeline - but only the start

It is now almost two months since the 2023-24 Championship season ended and Swansea City are yet to add a new signing to their squad.

There have been plenty of departures, with Nathan Wood and Jerry Yates set to add to the list of players heading through the exit door.

They follow the six loan players who said farewell at the end of last season, plus the likes of Liam Walsh and Nathanael Ogbeta, who were released.

Prezmyslaw Placheta has also seen his contract expire – although Luke Williams has suggested the Polish winger may yet have a future in Wales – while Jamie Paterson is now a free agent having given no definite answer on whether he will sign the new deal offered by Swansea at the end of last season.

With Yates going and Jamal Lowe gone, Swansea will be without their joint leading scorers from the last campaign – they each contributed nine goals - come the opening day of 2024-25.

Paterson, whose Swans future is in serious doubt as things stand, was next in last term’s scoring charts with eight.

A squad which was already short on firepower, therefore, looks even lighter on attacking options now.

Of course, the departures mean there are plenty of holes in Williams’ squad.

It is not just in attack that Swansea look short. They are yet to replace goalkeeper Carl Rushworth, while Wood’s imminent move to Southampton means central defensive options are thin given that Bashir Humphreys is another who has already gone.

Williams is not overly blessed with resources at full-back, either, while a replacement for Walsh is needed in midfield.

The various vacancies mean an opportunity for another rebuild at Swansea.

After the mixed successes of the last summer transfer window, there is pressure on the club’s decision-makers to deliver this time around.

The suggestion is that new faces could start to arrive in the next few days, with a deal for forward Eom Ji-Sung, of K-League side Gwangju, in the pipeline.

The South Korean would be an intriguing addition, if something of a gamble given that he has never played in Europe before.

But Eom's arrival would only be the start.