Jacks offer

£1.5m for routledge

Oh joy, he is no way a prem player. He is a good Championship player at best.

brendan does know how to get the best out of his players.

Will do well in the Prem under good guidance.

Disappointed we're not in for him as was agreed.

We can forget him and look elsewhere then because he ain't going to choose the Championship when he can have the Premiership even if it is with the Jerks and for one season only

Yeah don't think we've got much chance of getting him now unless he feel he has unfinished business here

can't see him signing for them!by all accounts they want pay the wages players want down there,he would be on higher wage playing in championship with us!

Most of the players they have been linked with have turned them down because old gonzo (huw jenkins) is refusing to pay big wages which has resulted in players turning them down & brendon rodgers becoming frustated with the salary cap they have.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14104170.stm

Swansea City have made a bid of around £1.5m for Newcastle United midfielder Wayne Routledge.

"We have expressed an interest in Routledge and are in discussions with Newcastle," a Swansea spokesman told BBC Wales Sport.

Routledge spent the second half of last season on loan at Queens Park Rangers but has failed to agree personal terms on a permanent return to Loftus Road.

Swansea also face competition from Nottingham Forest for the 26-year-old.

And Cardiff City, who had Routledge on loan for a month on loan in the 2008-09 season, have also been linked with making a move for the former England Under-21 international.

Routledge was loaned to QPR in January - only a year after leaving Loftus Road to join Newcastle for an undisclosed fee.

He scored five goals in 20 appearances as he played a significant part in Rangers' march towards the Championship title last season.

After starting his career at Crystal Palace, Routledge moved to Tottenham Hotspur for £1.25m in 2005 but made only five appearances in three and a half seasons at White Hart Lane.

Aston Villa also paid £1.25m for his services in 2008 but he was sold to QPR a year later for £600,000 after failing to make a league start.

Swansea, who have had a £2m bid rejected for Fulham goalkeeper David Stockdale, have been trying to fend off Newcastle's interest in Neil Taylor since the end of last season.

The Magpies have made a £1m-plus bid for the 22-year-old Wales left-back but newly-promoted Swansea are determined to keep hold of their man.

why would he choose them if he cant get in the side which dyer and sinclair on the wings and he a winger and cardiff need a winger anyway

why he choose them?? Let me think.... they are premiership and we are championship??

he used to play for cardiff so it wud be wrong to play for carrdiff rivals

oops, i didnt see this

I wouldnt have posted it either otherwise

will the swans break their wage structure for him though? Plus they already have Dyer and Sinclair so will he play regularly? IMO Routledge is not a prem player anyway and would be a poor signing for them. He's one of those players who is effective in the championship but cant take the step up e.g. Koumas.

he used to play for cardiff so it wud be wrong to play for carrdiff rivals

And he really cared about us??

oops, i didnt see this

I wouldnt have posted it either otherwise

learn to read you old coot

We can forget him and look elsewhere then because he ain't going to choose the Championship when he can have the Premiership even if it is with the Jerks and for one season only

Gudjohnsen turned down the Jacks for West Sham.

would be a poor signing for the jacks wont really get played and plus Newcastle will try to get Neil Taylor in as part of the deal

Lets not forget Cowie turned down a move to swansea for us, plus how are swansea going to pay his wages? we could probably offer more than them

Newcastle could use this deal in another bid to get Neil Taylor!