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Ian Mitchelmore

The staggering figures behind Luciano Narsingh's Swansea City nightmare

Luciano Narsingh's Swansea City nightmare officially came to an end this week.

The Dutchman arrived in South Wales with plenty of promise in January 2017, with Paul Clement hoping the winger could help fire the club to safety.

The reality was anything but as Narsingh - a few flashes of brilliance aside - failed to deliver the goods at the Liberty Stadium during his two-and-a-half year stay with the club as Swansea pulled off the great escape without him in that debut campaign.

He will hope to re-ignite his career back in his homeland with Feyenoord who announced the signing of Narsingh on Friday afternoon.

In defence of the 28-year-old, he suffered numerous injury problems after departing PSV Eindhoven while the Swans had clearly moved away from their famed Swansea Way-style of play as they desperately attempted to stave off relegation from the top flight.

However, the reset button was firmly pressed last summer when Graham Potter took charge as Swansea prepared for their first season in the second tier since their memorable promotion under Brendan Rodgers during the 2010/11 campaign.

Young guns including Daniel James, Oli McBurnie and Connor Roberts were given prominent roles and flourished under the now Brighton boss, but there was no place for Narsingh.

The wideman made only two appearances for Swansea last term, playing a total of 45 minutes of first-team football under Potter.

His only Swansea goals both came under Carlos Carvalhal during the 2017/18 season, with Narsingh netting against Watford and Notts County within a month of the Portuguese's arrival at the club.

However, his impact over the course of that particular season remained limited, with Narsingh playing just 1,060 minutes of football in the Premier League, Carabao Cup and FA Cup combined.

Luciano Narsingh (Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans Agency)

And when you add the 408 minutes of top flight football the winger played in his debut season at SA1, Narsingh left Swansea having played just 1,468 minutes of football for the first team, which works out at a total of 16.3 full matches.

Then there's the financial side of the failed transfer.

Narsingh cost Swansea £4m while the Dutchman earned in the region of £50,000 per-week in wages at SA1.

So when you multiply that figure by the number of weeks (128) Narsingh spent at Swansea, you get the staggering sum of £7.04m that the Netherlands international earned in wages during his career in Wales.

It works out at a cost of £5.52m per goal or £7,520 per minute of action.

Luciano Narsingh's only league goal for Swansea City came against Watford (Getty Images Europe)

Ultimately it was a move that did not work out for player or club.

But the Swans are now in a healthier position with Narsingh off the books while Steve Cooper can keep his full focus on those who will be able to make an impact in the 2019/20 season.

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