BORJA BACK WITH A BANG
Swans off to flyer as boss reveals new striker on way
STEVE Cooper has revealed Swansea City are on the brink of signing a new striker. The Swans sold star man Oli McBurnie to Sheffield United on Friday, leaving them with only Borja Baston and Courtney BakerRichardson as out-and-out forward options given that the club are keen to offload Andre Ayew.
And speaking after his side’s 2-1 win over Hull City, in which Borja scored, Cooper said the Swans are confident of adding a new frontman to their ranks in the coming days.
When asked if he is hopeful of signing a forward, Cooper responded: “We will do that. We’ll have information over the next 24 or 48 hours. I’m saying 48 hours
just to give us a bit more time.
“I look forward to that and it’s been a process we’ve gone through over a number of weeks.
“It was great to see Kristoffer (Peterson) make his debut today as well. He’s going to be a good player for us this year and I’m really pleased that he got to experience the time on the pitch. I’m sure he’ll be made up with the response he got when he came on.
“But to answer your question, there’ll be no panic signings. It’s about getting the right profile and the right characters in to add to what is a very strong spirited group.” And when asked if the Swans will make any other additions before the August 8 transfer deadline, the boss said: “Yes, possibly. But like I said, we will go through a process. There’s always a certain percentage of whether a signing will work or not. We just want to try and limit that as much as we can.
“We’re doing loads of due diligence, not just on the obvious technical and tactical side on the players, we’re doing lots of character references and making sure we bring the right type of people into the football club.”
Goals from Borja and Mike van der Hoorn saw Swansea come from behind to beat Hull at the Liberty Stadium in their opening fixture of the 2019/20 Championship campaign. It ensured Cooper enjoyed a dream start to life as manager while Borja registered his first goal for the club in 1,022 days.
And the manager believes the Spaniard can play a big part for the club this term.
“I think he’s very committed to doing that (scoring),” added Cooper.
“I look forward to the team creating chances for him and him being ruthless. He was in the right spot at the right time today. I think he has got that instinct so it was great to see.
“He’s in the team, he’s got number nine on his back, and you saw the performance levels today, let’s look forward.”
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