Swansea City's chief Julian Winter has given details on how the club were able to keep Joel Piroe from leaving for Leeds United on the summer transfer deadline day.
Winter claims that the sale of midfielder Flynn Downes to his boyhood club West Ham United for £9m in July was a key reason that they were able to snub the White's offer for Piroe this week.
Piroe's teammate Michael Obafemi was also a target of Championship side Burnley but the Swans were also able to keep the 22-year-old.
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In Winter's programme notes, he spoke about their early business before going into detail about how the offers they received for key strikers Piroe and Obafemi weren't good enough.
"I’d like to start my programme notes by talking about the summer transfer window, which I feel has been a very positive one for the football club," he wrote.
"We did some really good early business, bringing in Nathan Wood, Harry Darling, Joe Allen and Matty Sorinola – three of which were permanent deals and two involving transfer fees.
"We’ve also been able to add three other loan players in the shape of Luke Cundle, Armstrong Oko-Flex and Fin Stevens – all of whom will bring something different to the playing squad in key positions.
"Meanwhile, we kept hold of two key players in Joel Piroe and Michael Obafemi. It was well documented that we received offers for Michael, however, these fell well below our valuation.
"We are also in a position where we didn’t need to undersell because of the sale of Flynn earlier in the window, but both players are integral to our plans.
"Russell [Martin] spoke in his pre-match press conference about the fact that we finished the day stronger than we started, which is a good outcome. We have always been committed to giving young players an opportunity and bringing in individuals that fit our style and culture, while off the pitch we continue to work hard against the challenges of being financially sustainable and not jeopardise the long-term position of the club.
"Like with many businesses currently, we are facing rising costs in line with inflation which have a knock-on effect on our day-to-day operations across all departments, and we have to be sensible in our decision-making processes."
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