Swansea City have reportedly agreed to pay Nottingham Forest £27,000 per week of Lewis O'Brien's wages during his loan spell. The midfielder impressed during a stint with LAFC in the first half of the season. He will make his debut for Swansea against Bristol City on Sunday.
Swansea liked Lewis O’Brien so much they’re paying Nottingham Forest £27,000 a week for his services, reports say.
But journalist Alan Nixon reports that Swansea were so impressed by O’Brien’s stint at Los Angeles FC in the first half of the season that they’re paying a big chunk of the 26-year-old’s Forest wages. O’Brien played 18 games for LAFC between August and November, winning the US Open Cup and suffering a quarter-final defeat in the MLS play-offs, but the US side opted not to take up an option to buy the midfielder.
While Swansea will need O’Brien to do well when they’re paying so much for him, former Swans defender and Forest assistant manager Alan Tate feels he will be a hit. Although, Tate says he won’t be a like-for-like replacement for Grimes.
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