The thought of seeing Joe Allen in a Swansea City shirt next season is a tantalising one.
Swansea have brought players back to SA1 before, but this move would be up there with Leon Britton's return from his ill-fated move to Sheffield United in 2010. Having boyhood club players representing your team means that bit more to supporters, which is why figures such as Ben Davies, Joe Rodon and Connor Roberts are held in such high regard in these parts, despite moving on to pastures new. Allen falls into the same category.
He made his big breakthrough under Roberto Martinez but it was perhaps his two seasons with Brendan Rodgers in SA1 that linger long in the memory.
