SWANS STINT A WASTE OF TIME, SAYS FREEMAN

KIERON Freeman says his move to Swansea City was a “waste of time” for his career. The 29-year-old joined the Swans for around £100,000 on transfer deadline in February but made just one outing for the club against Manchester City before being released in the summer.

It came after he spent little more than three weeks at Swindon Town having earlier fallen out of favour under Chris Wilder at Sheffield United.

The one-cap Wales international who is now at League One side Portsmouth - admits he is currently making up for lost time following a significant period without regular game time.

“I wasted two years of my career just sitting about doing nothing,” Freeman told The News.

“I said to my new agent, ‘look, I just want to play football, that’s all I want to do’. That’s the whole reason why I went to Swindon.

“I signed in January 2021, did the Covid test, then found I had it, so had to self-isolate for 10 days.

“When I returned, I played two games and, on deadline day, Swansea bought me for around £100,000.

“I’d gone from playing in the Premier League, to a free transfer unable to get a club, to playing for Swindon and then, three weeks later, bought by a Championship club!

“Swansea were second and pushing to go into the Premier League, how do you say no to that? You can’t, really. I ended up playing one game there and that was against Manchester City. Still, how can you say no?

“Having said that, it was a waste of time really, a waste of everyone’s time. Nothing against the club, it’s a great club, really well run with some fantastic people, but, for my career, it was a waste of time.”

Freeman – whose sole cap for Wales came in a friendly defeat to Albania in 2018 – has made 11 appearances in all competitions for Pompey so far this season.