The summer so far: Swansea City

The club with the least amount of time to prepare for the new season, and the least amount of cash, have still managed an eventful couple of summer months in the transfer market and in the rumour pages of the national press. Swansea City will become the first Welsh club to compete in the money-generating product that Sky brought to the world in 1992 and have already learned a few valuable lessons on how things are run when football becomes a serious business ahead of its previous primary identity of sport. Like their new high-profile opponents, Swansea City have also been busy trading their shares in the stock market this summer, as manager Brendan Rodgers builds a team to stay up playing the right way.

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