Russell Martin's Cyrus Christie hope as Swansea City boss reveals West Brom weakness his side fully exploited

Russell Martin hopes Swansea City's 2-0 win over West Brom helps to convince Cyrus Christie to stay with the club beyond this season.

The Republic of Ireland international joined the Swans on loan from Fulham in January and has made a real impact since making the switch to south Wales.

Christie notched his second goal for Swansea in Monday night's win against the Baggies at The Hawthorns on what was his 10th appearance for the club.

WalesOnline revealed last month that Martin hopes to hold contract talks with Christie - who is a free agent in the summer - in the near future over a possible permanent move to the Swansea.com Stadium.

And head coach Martin believes Christie is fully enjoying life with the Swans having been restricted to just one appearance with Fulham in the opening half of the campaign.

"Cyrus has been great. He's really improved us, another one, we don't possess too many with real experience at this level or that maturity in his age and game management," said Martin.

"He's been massive for us, and he's got better and better because, that's one of the things about signing people in January, it's tough. He's sacrificed money to come here and he hasn't played football for a long time, so it's taken him a bit of time to get him up to speed.

"He's been brilliant for us on and off the pitch. He's a top professional. I think he's shown a lot of the guys what it takes to be at this level for a long time.

"Hopefully he's really enjoying it, I think he is. We're really enjoying having him and hopefully nights like this will convince him that this will be the place for him in the future."

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