No fee for Pedersen to join Swansea City ‘The full brief’

The Swans negotiated hard to get Kristian Pedersen and this morning we can reveal that the delay in him joining Swansea City on a two year contract was down to his transfer fee.

Danish reporter for BT Sport, Farzam Abolhosseini has revealed the detail within the paperwork that has seen Pedersen join the Swans. The fee is initially zero, however the bonuses which the Swans have negotiated in his contract could mean an extremely successful two years at Swansea could see the club pay up to £340,000. That very much fits in with the figures we were told on Friday morning when Pedersen passed his medical and signed for the Swans.

The talks took some weeks but in the end with FC Köln wanting the player to leave and the Swans keen on an experienced left sided defender the deal was struck.

It’s fair to say that Pedersen didn’t have the best of times in Germany. He joined FC Köln on a free transfer from Birmingham City last summer. He played in six league games and in fact appeared in more European ties in the conference league than he did in the Bundesliga. Pedersen was often criticised by followers of Die Geißböcke (The Billy Goats) for not being up to the mark for competitive Bundesliga games. His seven conference league appearances saw his side bow out at the group stage finishing third.

That said Pedersen was out for eleven games last season with a muscle injury, he played his last game for FC Köln against Bayern Munich in that memorable match at the end of the Bundesliga season which saw Bayern win the title again. Playing at a higher level for much of his time in Germany Pedersen will bring that experience in to a very fragile Swansea defence. He played at left back predominantly last season but was also selected at centre back for his league debut.

He is a welcome added extra to the Swansea City squad so don’t be surprised to see him in the derby game in two weeks time. Here’s hoping the Swans have to pay these bonuses, that would mean Pedersen is a success at the Swans. And in a defence that needs immediate resuscitation that’s crucial.

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Swansea City Under-21s are back at the Swansea.com on Monday afternoon as they welcome Hull City to SA1 in their Professional Development League fixture (12pm kick-off).

The young Swans will hope to bounce back from their defeat to Sheffield United last time out, while looking to maintain their 100% win record at the Swansea.com Stadium since the start of last season.

The Tigers opened their PDL season with a victory over Charlton Athletic, but suffered a narrow 3-2 defeat against Millwall at the MKM Stadium last week.

 

Pre-match views

Coach Anthony Wright: 

“We will use the time to recover, dust ourselves off and work on the units which need improving after Tuesday against Sheffield.

“It’s always a good occasion for the boys to play on a bigger pitch and to be in the stadium, and hopefully there’s a decent crowd there to support them just like against Crewe.”

Previous meeting – April 3 2023

Swansea City 3 Hull City 1

Swansea City Under-21s continued their excellent run of form as goals from Cameron Congreve, Ruben Davies and Azeem Abdulai sealed a fifth win in six Professional Development League games when Hull last visited the Swansea.com Stadium.

The hosts made an excellent start and surged into the lead as Congreve and Davies netted in quick succession.

Hull pulled a goal back via an opportunistic finish from Josh Hinds, but their hopes of a fightback were ended by Abdulai’s smart finish in the closing stages as Anthony Wright watched his Swans side make it three wins from three when playing at the stadium last season.

Swansea City U21s: Lewis Webb; Tivonge Rushesha, Ben Blythe, Kai Ludvigsen (Harry Jones 37), Sam Leverett (Corey Hurford 83); Joel Cotterill (captain), Azeem Abdulai; Liam Smith, Cameron Congreve; Ben Lloyd (Kian Jenkins 83); Ruben Davies (Josh Thomas 46).