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Sheffield United ended a worrying week with a gritty performance as Callum O’Hare came closest to finding a winner in a goalless draw at Swansea City.
The Blades are still waiting for a first Championship victory – and league goal – of the new campaign, but there were encouraging signs as Swansea were stifled in their opening home league fixture of the season.
In a game of few clear-cut chances,
There was an intriguing subplot in this contest as Ethan Galbraith made his league debut for Stoke a little over six weeks after joining in a big-money move from Swansea.
Much is expected of the Northern Ireland midfielder, who was one of Swansea’s star performers in 2025-26 and brushed off boos from the travelling fans during what was a solid league debut for the Potters.
But it was those in
Swansea City have agreed to sign Celtic centre-back Stephen Welsh on a free transfer.
The 26-year-old will arrive on a two-year deal with the option of a further 12 months on 1 July after agreeing to terminate his contract at Celtic Park.
Welsh, who impressed while on loan at Motherwell last season, is Championship club Swansea’s first new recruit of the summer and will give head coach Vitor Matos a
Celtic defender Stephen Welsh is poised to become Swansea City’s first signing of the summer.
Welsh, 26, came through the youth ranks at Celtic and has made 70 appearances for the Glasgow giants.
He spent the majority of the 2025-26 season on loan at Motherwell, making 29 appearances for Celtic’s Scottish Premiership rivals.
In the previous campaign he had a loan stint at Belgian side Mechelen, while he also had
The 19-year-old, who made five senior appearances for the Welsh club in 2023-24, returned early from a loan spell at Girona in January after injury issues.
Forward Josh Thomas, who played one senior Swans game in August 2024, has been released alongside fellow youngsters Evan Anderson, Mitchell Bates, Callum Deacon, Isaac Dudding, Wahab Ojetoro, Ben Phillips and Brogan Popham.
Swansea say academy players Caleb Demery, Billy Clarke, Caio Ifans, Callum
“Last year was the season of learning, I’ll say,” Vipotnik says.
“I scored my first goal early. I thought it will be easier [after that]. But at the end I saw how tough the league is.
“I’m thankful for the first season because I learned a lot. I think I grew a little bit, also in life – how you how you manage the falls when you fell down a
Southampton, who were a few points shy of the relegation zone when Will Still was sacked in November, firmly have momentum on their side with three games of the season to go, knowing that Ipswich have also got to visit St Mary’s on 28 April.
After making six changes to the side that beat Leicester in their last outing, Southampton looked off-colour from the start.
Stamenic and Ji-Sung Eom both
Swansea head coach Vitor Matos:
“We needed to control the game without the ball, getting compact, getting the right timings, the right positions, the right organisation.
“We knew Middlesbrough is a really good team with the ball, with a lot of individual technique in all positions, which can hurt you.
“With two games [over Easter] and all the internationals arriving last Thursday, you need first to be organised and compact
His most recent coaching post was at Brazilian club Botafogo, where he was on the staff of Davide Ancelotti.
Ancelotti, the son of managerial legend Carlo, studied for his coaching pro licence in Wales, on the same course as Mangan and Swansea head coach Vitor Matos.
Mangan had been lined up to Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid coaching staff in 2024, only for the move to collapse after his work permit
Swansea City midfielder and right-back Ethan Galbraith is set to miss the rest of the season with a calf injury.
Galbraith was left out of the Swans’ squad for Friday’s 3-3 Championship draw at Sheffield United after picking up the problem on international duty with Northern Ireland.
The 24-year-old had played in both of his country’s matches during last month’s window, their World Cup play-off semi-final defeat in Italy and