Originally Posted by
Heisenberg
That's bollocks. Swansea have signed lots of good UK, continental and global players in recent years - which proves that it's nothing to do with geographic location. I don't know why we, in particular, seem to struggle to get players over the line - but it seems to be a consistent problem.
My only guess is that it's reputation. Swansea were media darlings and were played up as Barca-lite, whereas we are managed by an old school manager that plays "hoof ball" and have a reputation for being dirty (which isn't the case at all).