Swansea City transfer news as Joe Allen reveals extra reason behind Premier League push and young gun wows in training

Your Swansea City headlines for Tuesday, July 19.

Joe Allen is determined to help Swansea get back to the Premier League as he bids to reach 200 top-flight appearances.

The Welshman was part of the Swans squad that secured promotion under Brendan Rodgers 11 years ago, with his first Premier League outing coming in the 4-0 loss to Manchester City on the opening day of the 2011/12 campaign.

He has gone on to amass a total of 199 appearances for Swansea, Liverpool and Stoke City combined in the Premier League, meaning he is just one short of a double century. And Allen says Russell Martin's men need to throw their full weight behind a promotion push this term as they bid to return to the top-flight for the first time since the 2017/18 campaign.

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"It’s a tough one. Expectations can be raised by what you say, so you have to be careful," explained the midfielder. "Almost every team in the Championship will be having these same conversations. The message from me to the boys will be we did it once before and we stayed there for seven years.

"Not too many people expected that of us back then, so it’s worth throwing everything at it. It can be career-defining or life-changing for everyone involved. The hunger seems there, so the signs are promising.

"Let’s hope we can get this club back to the Premier League. It would be a great achievement and another great story. I may be a slightly older player but I also have dreams and aspirations of getting back there. I am also stuck on 199 Premier League games, so the pressure is on this club to help me get there to 200!"

Allen featured 36 times in the Premier League for Swansea and