These are your Swansea City headlines on Tuesday, January 3
Cooper: Deal happened quickly
Brandon Cooper says his move for Forest Green Rovers happened quickly and he can't wait to get started at his new club.
Cooper's loan to the League Two club was confirmed on Monday, with the centre-back heading to Gloucestershire for the rest of the season.
He has previously spent spells with Newport County and Swindon Town, with the latest loan switch a means for him to get game-time under his belt.
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"Really good, I'm excited to be here, I can't wait to get going now," he said.
"It's happened quite quickly and I'm excited to get going on Saturday hopefully against Birmingham.
"My agent and the club let me know about the interest from Forest Green, and I have played here before, I know quite a bit about the club. I know the style they try to play is good
"I know at the moment the league position shows they are struggling a bit but hopefully I can come in and help that. It came around quickly and just thought I want to get out and play, I haven't played for a little while, so I want to get in and help the team as much as I can."
"It's a strength of mine playing out from the back. I've been at Swansea since I was six so I've grown up doing that. The way that Swansea play at the moment I've been training with it every day. Hopefully I can bring that to here to which is already a good style."
Ipswich's stance on Whittaker
Reports in the East Anglian press state Ipswich Town have shown an interest in signing Morgan Whittaker but "no move is active at this point".
The East Anglian Daily Times report the Tractor Boys are looking to be active in the January transfer window, with Peterborough United's Jack Taylor on their wishlist and Whittaker a player they admire.
But Swansea are set to recall the striker from his loan spell at Plymouth Argyle, with head coach Russell Martin confirming that could well be a possibility. The former Derby County man's preference, he added, would be to stay at Home Park, though.
"He's done brilliantly so if he comes back, hopefully he can build on that momentum and we'll see where it takes him here," Martin said. "I think his preference would be stay and play football where he's guaranteed every week, but there's a bigger picture. He's our asset and there's a bigger picture in terms of what Josh (Marsh) and Julian (Winter) see in terms of his value and what he might be able to add here. I'm quite relaxed about it either way."
Ebiowei set for Hull move
Reported Swansea target Malcolm Ebiowei is set to sign for Hull City on loan.
The Crystal Palace attacker had numerous admirers but it appears he has chosen to link up with Liam Rosenior at the KCOM Stadium having worked together at Derby County.
Blackburn were also interested, and Rosenior said he had rejected offers to sign for the Tigers.
Speaking after City's 4-1 win at Wigan, Rosenior told our sister title Hull Live: "They are two (Ebiowei and Aaron Connolly) players who I really like, two players I think the fans will be excited by when they see them play.
"I want players who can score goals and create and that's something we wanted to address and hopefully we get those two lads done sooner rather than later."
He added: “Malcolm (Ebiowei) has turned down a lot of clubs in the Championship to come here.”
Hull City vice-chairman Tan Kesler added his confidence the deal would be completed. He said prior to the Wigan clash: “We’ll get it done. I’m talking to his agent in the next 48 hours.”
Swans star says bar has been set
Ollie Cooper says Swansea must maintain the standards shown in recent games against Watford and league leaders Burnley.
Last week Swansea smashed the Hornets 4-0 and went toe-to-toe with the Clarets on New Year's Day, going down 2-1.
Cooper's goal got the Swans back in it against Vincent Kompany's side, with the Belgian boss complimentary to the home side post-match. The youngster now says the bar has been set.
“I think we’ve put in two good performances in the last two games, I thought we did amazingly well against Watford last week,” he said.
“Although we didn’t get the three points here, we put in a very good performance against the league leaders.
“We went all the way down to the final whistle. Of course we are disappointed to lose, but It was a good performance. Now we must build on that and take it into the next game, and the one after that.
“I said at the start of the season that I want to contribute as much as I can, whether that’s goals or assists.
“To get another goal is massive. I just want to continue scoring and assisting and giving what I can every week. But overall, I am very happy with my goal.”
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