Your Swansea City headlines for Monday, December 6.
Nottingham Forest's concerns ahead of Swans trip
Nottingham Forest have a number of injury concerns ahead of Saturday's clash with Swansea City in south Wales.
This weekend's contest sees Steve Cooper return to his former club for the first time since departing in July.
However, Forest - who are unbeaten in their last seven league outings - will assess a number of players prior to the fixture with the Swans.
Full-back Jordi Osei-Tutu will miss out having only recently returned from a lengthy lay-off with a hamstring injury.
Joe Lolley missed his side's 2-0 triumph over Peterborough United but could return to the fold against Russell Martin's men, although Max Lowe remains absent due to a groin strain.
Defender Loic Mbe Soh is expected to be sidelined with a thigh injury while Rodrigo Ely remained absent due to a muscle issue.
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Scott opens up on Swans exit
Andy Scott believes Swansea's squad is in "very good shape" following his departure as the club's head of recruitment.
On Monday, the Swans officially announced that the 49-year-old had left the club after two-and-a-half years in the role.
Chief executive Julian Winter stated that Scott was eager to pursue new opportunities, and the former recruitment guru has issued a statement following his decision to leave the club.
“I believe that I leave the club with the squad in very good shape, with an excellent balance that has been built methodically and strategically over the last two years," he said.
“To be part of the last two play-off seasons has been a pleasure and I’d like to thank my team of scouts and analysts for the outstanding work they’ve put in as well as all the support staff, particularly Ben Greenwood, Rebecca Gigg, Ashley Gill and Huw Lake.
“The squad has some exciting talent and the relatively small fees paid for players like Joel Piroe and Ryan Manning, for example, continue to prove that a good scouting process and plan is invaluable.
“I’ve loved my time at Swansea City; the club, city and people are fantastic but with the impending change in recruitment strategy I feel this is the right time to move on and look forward to the next stage of my career.”
You can read the full story on Scott's exit here.
Bidwell latest
Jake Bidwell has attracted transfer interest ahead of the January transfer window.
The versatile left wing-back's Swansea contract expires next summer and he could well depart next month if a new agreement is unable to be reached.
He has been linked with Championship rivals Birmingham City and Bristol City.
However, sources have stated that links to Nigel Pearson's Robins are wide of the mark.
Bidwell has made 105 appearances since joining the Swans in the summer of 2019, scoring three goals.
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Bees friendly arranged
Swansea will take on Brentford B in a friendly in south Wales on Tuesday afternoon.
The hosts are expected to name a team consisting of a mix of academy players and senior stars who are struggling to gain regular game-time.
It comes as Swansea have an extended period without midweek fixtures - with Martin's men facing Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers and Millwall on consecutive weekends before their next midweek outing at home against Luton Town on December 29.
"It helps in one way. We get lots of work on the training pitch. We can monitor and assess everyone daily," Martin said on the absence of midweek games.
"It’s less helpful if the team is pretty consistent and there are guys who are not playing, people can’t get on the pitch.
"We've put a few games in place over the next few weeks before Christmas to top people up.
"We have one against Brentford B who are coming here which is brilliant for us, it'll be a good chance to get people minutes.
"We enjoy the free weeks because we get plenty of work in."
The behind-closed-doors fixture gets under way at 12pm on Tuesday.
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