According to a new report from The Express, Swansea have drawn up a three-man shortlist of players to potentially replace Grimes, with Bolton Wanderers ' Josh Sheehan, Barnsley man Luca Connell, and Peterborough United's Hector Kyprianou all named as targets heading into a busy final few days of the window.

The one crumb of comfort is that there's still time to turn things around. But having been burned so many times before, the faith in Andy Coleman and co to steer the club through this latest storm is in pretty short supply. Sign up to our Swansea City newsletter here.

COVENTRY City appear to be closing in on their first signing of the January transfer window with the club heavily linked to Matt Grimes.