Swansea City's retained list doesn't reveal the full picture as nine more likely to go

On Thursday Swansea City published their retained list for the 2022-23 season.

On the surface of things, there was little to be surprised at. Three first-team stars left the building - Ben Hamer, Korey Smith and Yan Dhanda. Swansea head coach Russell Martin had confirmed the first two were leaving earlier this month, with neither departure coming as a massive shock. Dhanda has been barely used by Martin since his arrival in south Wales.

Three goalkeepers from the under-23s - Jamie Searle, Nico Defreitas-Hansen and Josh Gould - are also exiting stage right, while 12 more academy members will also be leaving.

Scott Butler, Rio Campbell, Ben Erickson, Cameron Evans, Jaden Forrester, Jacob Jones, Dylan Morgan, Ryan Bassett, Joshua Edwards, Aaron Hillier, Dylan Perkins and Tyler Evans have not been handed fresh terms.

That is a total of 18 players hanging up their boots at Fairwood for the last time. It's quite common for there to be quite a big turnover of players - especially at academy level - come the end of a campaign with contracts expiring.

But if one takes another, closer glance at Swansea's retained list, a number of names leap out as further potential departures. The players who spent last season on loan elsewhere, for starters, especially in light of Martin's comments earlier this month.

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