Your Swansea City headlines on Monday, March 13.
Clarets not expecting embargo impact
Burnley do not expect to be impacted by the transfer embargo they have been placed under by the English Football League.
Vincent Kompany's side currently sit at the summit of the Championship and are all-but certain to secure a return to the Premier League at the first time of asking given that they boast a 17-point buffer over third-placed Middlesbrough with just 10 matches of the regular season remaining.
However, the Clarets were dealt a blow on Sunday night when it was confirmed that the club had been placed under an embargo by the EFL due to the late submission of their accounts - which Burnley state was due to a change in auditors in November.
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Indeed, Burnley were one of the more active second tier sides in the January transfer window, with Kompany adding the likes of Lyle Foster, Hjalmar Ekdal and Swansea City's Michael Obafemi to their ranks.
Striker Obafemi moved to Turf Moor on an initial loan deal that is virtually certain to be made permanent in the summer due to the terms of the agreement between the two sides.
And Burnley expect their embargo to be lifted next month. In a statement, they said: "We would like to share with our supporters the disappointing news that the EFL are placing the club under an immediate transfer embargo.
"We believe transparency in these matters is paramount and we want to explain why this has happened. In our continued efforts to improve and move forward Burnley Football Club we made the decision to change our auditors in November and the transition has taken longer than we anticipated.
"We can confirm that we have provided draft accounts and financial information to the EFL’s Club Financial Reporting Unit and we continue to have regular dialogue with the unit to ensure we remain as open and as transparent and answer any questions the League may have.
"We believe the EFL will have no issue with the detail of our accounts other than their late submission and fully understand and support their position and efforts to sanction any club who fails to comply with any of their regulations.
"Both the club and our new auditors are confident this can be resolved swiftly and we hope our submission will be made next month at which point the embargo will be lifted.
"We once again wish to assure supporters this will have no detriment to the ongoing success and development of the club as we move forward."
Wolf grateful for Swans stint
Hannes Wolf admits he always planned to return to Borussia Mönchengladbach despite enjoying his loan spell with Swansea City last season.
The Austrian was a key figure for the Swans in the second-half of last term and Russell Martin was eager to bring the versatile wing-back to south Wales for a second time this season.
However, a move back to SA1 failed to materialise, and after injury curtailed his impact in the opening half of the campaign, Wolf is now impressing under former Norwich City boss Daniel Farke in Germany.
He has featured nine times in the Bundesliga since the turn of the year, scoring his first goal of the season in a 4-1 triumph at Hoffenheim. And Wolf admits he's now fully reaping the rewards of his time with the Swans.
"The move was important for me back then because I went to England at a time when I no longer played for Borussia," he told FH. "I then chose the Championship and Swansea because it was clear that I could play a lot of games.
"I played all the games apart from three games that I missed due to the coronavirus. That was definitely good for me and was a new experience.
"Even though I felt very comfortable, it was always my plan to come back. In football you never know what's going to happen.
"When it became clear that Daniel Farke was coming, it was clear that I wanted to look for my chance at Borussia. So far it has paid off."
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Martin's Cooper hope
Russell Martin hopes Ollie Cooper's form this season is enough to earn him a place in Rob Page's Wales squad this week.
Cooper excelled on loan with Newport County last term and has more than stepped up to the plate with parent club Swansea in the Championship this season, catching the eye of the on watching Page on numerous occasions.
And having seen Cooper travel with the national side to the World Cup in Qatar, Martin is now hopeful that the 23-year-old is involved for the Red Dragons' Euro 2024 qualifying matches with Croatia and Latvia later this month.
“Ollie’s been great," said Martin. "I’m not the Wales manager so it’s not up to me, but we all hope he gets in.
"He’s been brilliant, absolutely brilliant so fingers crossed he gets in.”
Page names his squad at Tuesday lunchtime.
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