Swansea City sporting director Mark Allen says it's "critical" that the club move away from loan signings and focus more on permanent deals in the absence of parachute payments.
In recent years Swansea have enjoyed a number of loan signing successes, especially under former boss Steve Cooper's watch. The likes of Conor Gallagher, Rhian Brewster, Marc Guehi and Freddie Woodman were all brought to SA1 and played key parts in play-off challenges.
With the changing of the guard in the Swansea dugout and the fact that Premier payments have now stopped, Allen feels it is crucial that clubs look to sign young players on long-term deals instead. The likes of Joel Piroe and Flynn Downes are perfect examples of that mantra. Martin and his staff were out on scouting missions this weekend - you can read more about that here.
