Swansea City's early recruitment is encouraging but next phase of business is just as vital

The capture of Matthew Sorinola brought up Swansea City's fourth signing of the summer window.

He joins Wasiri Williams, Nathan Wood and Harry Darling in south Wales, with the latter considered a particularly good bit of business.

Darling was a long-term target of head coach Russell Martin and appears to be another Flynn Downes-type signing - essentially a player pivotal to how Martin wants his team to play.

Signings five and six aren't too far away either, with goalkeeper Remy Mitchell and left-back Ben Blythe set to join from Arsenal and Doncaster Rovers respectively. The young duo are set to follow Williams into Kris O'Leary's under-23s set-up initially and their acquisitions illustrate positive signs for the future.

Early business is a welcome experience at Swansea, with supporters almost accustom to late-dash supermarket sweep-style transfer work being conducted in south Wales, such are their financial constraints.

With the season starting earlier than ever this year, it is important for Martin to know what - and who - he's got to work with.

Chief executive Julian Winter revealed at a fans' forum last month two centre-backs and a right-wingback were Swansea's priorities this summer and they've certainly ticked two of those boxes. Sorinola, although a left-wingback by trade, can operate on the right by all accounts but one suspects another right-sided defensive player will come in this summer.

If fans were being greedy there would be more incoming activity in the middle and finals thirds before the season gets under way. Swansea's hopes of bringing Joe Allen back to SA1 were given a huge boost on Friday with news the Wales midfielder would not be renewing his contract with Stoke City. If Swansea aren't in pole