The players who could now follow Southampton-bound Russell

The players who could now follow Southampton-bound Russell Martin out of the Swansea City exit door


After making such encouraging progress last season, Swansea City are facing up to a summer of significant upheaval.

Swansea finished 10th, just 3pts off the play-offs.


At the time of writing, boss Russell Martin is closing in on a move to newly-relegated Southampton, who are set for some serious changes themselves as they bid to earn back their top-flight status at the first time of asking.


The move is expected to be completed in the coming days once all the various formalities are done and dusted, and attention will soon turn to who replaces Martin in the Swans hot-seat.


However, it seems likely the manager is not the only one who could be heading out the door this summer, with questions now growing over several players in this current squad.

While not entirely ruling out the possibility of keeping at least one of them, the club seem close to admitting defeat in their bids to keep out-of-contract trio Ryan Manning, Kyle Naughton and Joel Latibeaudiere at the club.

The Saints have one game left of the Premier League season - against Liverpool this Sunday - and hope to have the Swansea City head coach in place imminently.

Current boss at St Mary's Ruben Selles was quizzed about the Martin speculation on Sunday and said he was in the dark over developments.

Martin has one year left on his Swansea.com Stadium contract and talks over compensation due to Swansea are ongoing.