Swansea have confirmed the signing of Leroy Fer from Queens Park Rangers for an undisclosed fee. The Holland international midfielder has signed a three-year contract after impressing manager Francesco Guidolin while on loan last season. He made 11 appearances for the club, who are his third in English football.
“I’m very happy, from the first minute I felt at home,” he told the club’s website. “We did very good in the second half of the season.
“If we play like that, we can aim for higher, and that’s what we want. Hopefully some new strong players will come in to help us. It makes it easier for me as well, if a coach wants you.” Guidolin described the Dutchman as “a good surprise” at the end of last season.
“He was really happy with how I gelled with the team and he said that I did very, very good. He was surprised because he didn’t know much about me. But I said to him that I just wanted to prove myself.”
The 26-year-old first joined Norwich in 2013. QPR signed him the following year after Norwich were relegated, but QPR also went down, before last season’s loan move to Swansea. He scored eight times in 50 appearances for QPR, and has represented Holland 11 times.
