Former Hearts star could make Swansea City transfer exit this summer as club open to offers for attacker
He impressed at Hearts and now looks likely to be on the move this transfer window.
A former Hearts star is likely to be on the move this summer as Swansea City admit they’d be open to offers.
The transfer window still has some weeks to run and clubs are starting to put the finishing touches on their business. Hearts’ strong recruitment drive was on full display at the weekend as new signing Stuart Findlay headed home twice during a dramatic 3-2 win at Tannadice against Dundee United.
One ex star who could make a transfer move is Josh Ginnelly. The ex Preston North End and Jambos winger has been with Swansea City since leaving Hearts in 2023, but his time at the English Championship side from Wales has been marred by injury. He made his first appearance of the 24/25 season in an FA Cup defeat to Southampton during January. It was his first runout in a competitive senior match after picking up a horror Achilles injury against Sheffield Wednesday in September 2023, 477 days before that Saints appearance.
Josh Ginnelly could leave Swansea
Now in a new update with the Championship season south of the border off and running, boss Alan Sheehan admitted pre match if the right offer landed for Ginnelly, it would be considered. He was not named in the squad for the side that lost 1-0 at Middlesbrough and was also left out of their pre season training camp.
Sheehan said: "Look, if the right club comes in for Gino and he wants to go, I think that's a conversation to have. I understand you want to talk about transfers in, transfers out, but I think right now we need to be getting ready for Middlesbrough and getting ready to have a really competitive game and a Championship, again, which we've all missed."
The attacker signed for Hearts in 2020, initially on loan from Preston North End who he joined a year prior, making the deal permanent in 2021. Ginnelly stayed until the end of the 22/23 season and featured 89 times with 22 goals and 13 assists.
Josh Ginnelly return from injury
Former Swansea boss Luke Williams, who heralded Ginnelly’s return to action against Southampton in a 3-0 loss, said earlier this year: “Gino has had a very long journey back to fitness He has worked so hard and so that was a reward for him and all the work he and the medical staff have put in. He is a player we hope we will be able to see more of and include in the squad more often.
"He has got a lot of talent, and he has shown real mental strength to come through all the setbacks he has had. We were very pleased to see him out on the pitch, now we have to make sure we keep taking steps to get him in a place where he is ready to play regularly. That's the next challenge for him.
“We played against a very strong side, last season they were a top Championship side and they are now competing week in and week out against some of the best teams in the world.”