Stoke City horror show is stark reminder of Swansea City's biggest problem as Russell Martin confirms Ogbeta injury

Russell Martin has confirmed Nathanael Ogbeta sustained an injury on his first training session with Swansea City.

The 20-year-old was withdrawn as a precautionary measure late on during his final outing for former club Shrewsbury Town against Wimbledon on January 29.

He joined Swansea on transfer deadline day for a fee in the region of £300,000 as Martin finally landed the left-sided defender he had been so desperate to sign.

But he is yet to feature for his new club, and head coach Martin has stated the left-back is struggling with a hamstring issue.

"It's really frustrating. He got injured in his first session with us. He was carrying something from Shrewsbury, thought it was OK and he has just irritated it," Martin said.

"Hopefully we will know a bit more in the next few days. Hopefully it won't be too long because we are really keen to get him out on the pitch."

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The news comes after what was a hugely disappointing night for Swansea at Stoke City.

The visitors were comfortably beaten 3-0 by the Potters at the bet365 Stadium on Tuesday night on what proved to be dour viewing for the 346 members of the Jack Army who made the trip to Staffordshire.

Such were the number of player exits during the January transfer window, Swansea's squad has appeared increasingly thin since deadline day - with suspensions for Ryan Manning and Ryan Bennett along with Kyle Naughton's injury doing little to ease matters.

Ogbeta, Manning and Naughton were all unable to feature at Stoke. Beyond those three, players from Swansea's under-23s were the next in line to feature in a squad that even saw Yan Dhanda - who had to be kept