{"id":471922,"date":"2011-08-04T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/08\/04\/official-wayne-routledge-joins-swansea-from-newcastle-on-three-year-deal\/"},"modified":"2011-08-04T17:52:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T17:52:00","slug":"official-wayne-routledge-joins-swansea-from-newcastle-on-three-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/04\/official-wayne-routledge-joins-swansea-from-newcastle-on-three-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Wayne Routledge joins Swansea from Newcastle on three-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swansea City<\/a> have confirmed that they have signed winger Wayne Routledge<\/a> from Newcastle<\/a> on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
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Routledge becomes manager Brendan Rodgers\u2019 second signing in as many days after Leroy Lita arrived from Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m looking forward to the challenge,\u201d Routledge told the club\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s taken a couple of days to get everything agreed, but I’m excited about getting started.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve had a good chat with the manager and he really impressed me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had heard a lot of good things about him and the chat only reinforced my belief that moving to Swansea was the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old, who will wear the No.15 shirt at the Liberty Stadium, becomes the Swans\u2019 fifth signing of the summer.<\/p>\n

And Routledge is pleased to be joining a team who earned praise last year for their playing style.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving watched Swansea last season, I think everyone would agree that they were the best footballing side in the Championship,\u201d said the winger.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s going to be a difficult first season in the Premier League; it’s going to be tough.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut everyone is confident and looking forward to it. After all, playing in the Premier League is what you dream of. I’m excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Routledge could make his first appearance in a Swansea shirt in a friendly against Real Betis on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Swansea City have confirmed that they have signed winger Wayne Routledge from Newcastle on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Routledge becomes manager Brendan Rodgers\u2019 second signing in as many days after Leroy Lita arrived from Middlesbrough. \u201cI’m looking forward to the challenge,\u201d Routledge told the club\u2019s official website. \u201cIt’s taken a couple of days to get everything agreed, but I’m excited about getting started. \u201cI’ve had a good chat with the manager and he really impressed me. \u201cI had heard a lot of good things about him and the chat only reinforced my belief that moving to Swansea was the right thing to do.\u201d The 26-year-old, who will wear the No.15 shirt at the Liberty Stadium, becomes the Swans\u2019 fifth signing of the summer. And Routledge is pleased to be joining a team who earned praise last year for their playing style. \u201cHaving watched Swansea last season, I think everyone would agree that they were the best footballing side in the Championship,\u201d said the winger. \u201cIt’s going to be a difficult first season in the Premier League; it’s going to be tough. \u201cBut everyone is confident and looking forward to it. After all, playing in the Premier League is what you dream of. I’m excited about it.\u201d Routledge could make his first appearance in a Swansea shirt in a friendly against Real Betis on Saturday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nOfficial: Wayne Routledge joins Swansea from Newcastle on three-year deal - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/04\/official-wayne-routledge-joins-swansea-from-newcastle-on-three-year-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Official: Wayne Routledge joins Swansea from Newcastle on three-year deal - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Swansea City have confirmed that they have signed winger Wayne Routledge from Newcastle on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. 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