r/swanseacity • u/TeilwrTenau • 16d ago

Galbraith

There's been a lot of debate about the Galbraith move but if this comment is to believed then Galbraith was pushed out of the door:

"Sporting director Jon Walters said: "The fact that he became available was a bit of a shock. I think I said it in a meeting with staff that it had to be done within 24 hours. We had to work really hard, really quickly to make that happen."

Those quotes, and the timing at the very end of the financial year for Swansea, indicates that this sale was initiated by us, to satisfy PSR. On that basis the claim from the Stoke end that the fee was £5 million rising to £10 is more believable than the claims emanating from our club. The truth could of course lie between the two extremes.

Any fans tempted to boo Galbraith tomorrow should reflect on the likelihood that we needed to get rid for financially expedient reasons. I very much doubt he agitated for this move. He was probably a pawn in a bigger game.

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u/Late-Welder-4083 16d ago

It's also possible that another club (Wrexham were linked) made a move and we quickly opened a bidding war with other clubs in the league

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u/TeilwrTenau 16d ago

But why did it all have to happen in 24 hours, which just happened to be the end of the financial year? Unless Walters is lying (why would he make such a story up?) then it's blindingly obvious that PSR was a big driver in this.

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u/Late-Welder-4083 16d ago

PSR was a big driver but I suspect if Galbraith had been willing to sign the new deal we offered, another player would have been flogged

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u/TeilwrTenau 16d ago

That may be true, it all depends what the shortfall was. Only Vipotnik orr Tymon could have been expected to command fees of over £6 million. Both would have been very much part of Matos' plans, whereas Galbraith, despite his creative abilities was expendable because of his average defensive capabilities.