Swansea City transfer headlines as Martin 'confident' of summer plan despite Allen exit and star admits he cried for three days

These are your Swansea City transfer headlines on Wednesday, April 27.

Swansea head coach Russell Martin says he is confident the club can land targets this summer despite the sudden departure of football director Mark Allen. News emerged over the weekend that Allen would be leaving his post at the Swansea.com Stadium, with Martin addressing the former Rangers chief's exit at his post-Bournemouth press conference.

He went on to add, though, that he feels optimistic that Swansea can still recruit players in accordance to the plan they have laid out.

"It's ever evolving, it's ever changing, so number one target now might be gone tomorrow, it might change, we might see something else, something different," he said. "I'm really confident that the plan we have in place is one that will improve us and that's all you can ever ask for.

"I'm really confident that we'll be supported as much as we possibly can be by Julian (Winter, CEO) and the owners. That's the whole point of having a lot of conversation, a lot of dialogue, so we all have clarity where it's at. I think the difference between January and now is where the team is at, how much we've learnt about the players, how much some players have really grown, and just what we need in terms of coming up against teams like tonight. If we're going to be anywhere near where we want to be then we have to compete with teams who are going to be similar in their (Bournemouth's) make-up."

Swansea skipper Matt Grimes has revealed he cried for three days' straight after the defeat to Brentford in last season's play-off final.

Grimes skippered the club to the Wembley showpiece event having seen off Barnsley in the semi-finals. Unfortunately, the Bees were just too good for Steve