{"id":463540,"date":"2011-07-18T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/18\/swansea-city-still-hopeful-on-securing-signing-of-newcastles-wayne-routledge\/"},"modified":"2011-07-18T21:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T21:12:00","slug":"swansea-city-still-hopeful-on-securing-signing-of-newcastles-wayne-routledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/swansea-city-still-hopeful-on-securing-signing-of-newcastles-wayne-routledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Swansea City still hopeful on securing signing of Newcastle&#8217;s Wayne Routledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Fisher<\/h3>\n<h4>18 Jul 2011 22:12:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"55.6991005724\">\n<div readability=\"11.3951219512\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wayne Routledge (Getty Images) \" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/115300\/115387_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wayne Routledge (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"17.1273957159\">Despite seeing their initial offer rejected <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/893\/swansea-city\">Swansea City<\/a> have not given up in their chase for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/7550\/wayne-routledge\">Wayne Routledge<\/a> and have made an improved offer for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/99\/newcastle-united\">Newcastle United<\/a> winger.<\/p>\n<p>The 26 year-old spent last season on loan at Queens Park Rangers and he was an important part of the side who won the Championship title.<\/p>\n<p>There has been interest from Leicester as well as Rangers, but Swans manager Brendan Rodgers admitted an increased offer had gone in for the winger who he is keen to add to his squad for their return to the English top flight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had a couple of bids that have gone in,&#8221; Rodgers admitted to <em>BBC Sport<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We think he would fit into our style and excite our supporters. 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