"He ticks all the boxes for us."
Russell Martin was evidently delighted when Swansea City clinched the signing of Flynn Downes on August 10 last year. And it's fair to say the midfielder hasn't merely been ticking boxes.
From day one, head coach Martin discussed the requirement to create assets, and in the space of just one year, or 340 days to be more precise, he has done that emphatically.
