Salford striker Brandon linked with Swans
SWANSEA City are among a number of clubs said to be chasing Salford City striker Brandon Thomas-Asante this summer. The 23-year-old forward has scored nine goals in 29 appearances for the League Two outfit and Football League World claim the Swans, as well as Reading, Cardiff City, Wigan Athletic, Portsmouth, Ipswich and MK Dons, are monitoring the forward.
The Swans will likely be looking for more striking options this summer as Russell Martin looks to really rubber-stamp his style of play and mould the squad into his vision moving into next season.
With Joel Piroe and Jamie Paterson undertaking so much of the heavy lifting on the goalscoring front, Martin will doubtless want to bolster his options and ease the burden on the aforementioned duo next term. Whether Thomas-Asante is the man to do that, though, remains to be seen.
Meanwhile Former Swansea City forward Borja Baston is tearing it up in Spain’s second tier with Real Oviedo.
Baston, who was viewed as a transfer flop in SA1, left the Swans in 2020 when he sealed a shock move to Aston Villa, before returning to Spain with Leganes.
He eventually joined Oviedo last year and is having a tremendous season in front of goal.
Oviedo has been decimated by financial strife in the not-sodistant past, plummeting from the top tier right to the very bottom, struggling to regain its status of old. The club finally reached the Segunda Division again in 2015 and since then, Jose Verdu Nicolas, better known as Toche, holds the record for scoring the most goals in the season with 17.
However, Baston equalled that with a goal against Lugo last Saturday, meaning he is almost certain to bypass Toche’s record this term. The Oviedo legend, though, is happy that his record will be lost to a friend.
“I’m glad that Borja Baston is the person who matches my figure of 17 goals,” Toche told Killer Asturias.
“He’s a friend and his goals are helping the team fight for the play-offs.
“I think he’s having a good year and hopefully his numbers serve for Oviedo to get into promotion positions, which is what we all want.”