Swansea City transfer headlines as owners told it makes sense to invest, not just Piroe and Downes who are wanted and two ex-Swans released

These are your Swansea City headlines on Friday, May 6

Russell Martin says it makes sense for Swansea's owners to back them this summer given their recruitment record at MK Dons.

The head coach spoke at his pre-QPR press conference on Friday and admitted the club would likely have to sell their main assets to balance the books in SA1. That is nothing new, with every summer since Premier League relegation being dominated by player outgoings.

Flynn Downes and Joel Piroe are the crown jewels, and although Martin admitted that finances would dictate decisions, he did urge the American owners to give them money to sign the next stars of the future.

He said: "I don’t know how much we’ll have. If we are going to be a player trading club, let’s get it right, we spent not much money on Joel and Flynn and now they’re worth a lot.

"For the owners, it makes financial sense to allow us to have a little bit of money to try and do the same again. We recruited brilliantly at MK and the recruitment team have real clarity in what we want. We have to make sure it’s a really positive window. There’ll be a lot of change, but what this year has given us is a real foundation to build on. We’ll try to add some quality, depth, character that we need and certain capabilities that we need to add. If we do that we’ll be in a really good position."

Meanwhile, the boss added that he's not just expecting interest in his star duo this summer. Others, such as Ben Cabango and Michael Obafemi have caught the eye in recent months and Martin believes others will be on shopping lists.

"It makes sense that the players who have played most, the players who are statistically the best players and showed good form and are young enough to be an asset to someone