Town chief executive Simon Clegg says Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins has been trying to renegotiate the terms of Tamás Priskin’s loan deal ever since the striker moved to the Liberty Stadium in March. The Blues have asked the Premier League to place a transfer embargo on the Swans after they failed to pay £300,000 — wages plus a £160,000 bonus due after their promotion to the Premier League through the play-offs - relating to the Hungarian’s loan spell.

Clegg said: “I am absolutely fuming — this is no way to do business. Mr Jenkins has been trying to renegotiate this deal virtually from the moment he signed it.

“There is no room for misinterpretation — the contract is completely unambiguous.”

Swansea’s failure to pay appears to relate to the knee injury Priskin suffered in training in late April which meant he was unable to add to his four sub appearances and one goal before the deal ended on May 31st.

But Clegg says this is no excuse: “Tamás went there a perfectly fit player and was injured while under their care. That’s football, but contracts must be honoured.

“There is a considerable sum of money involved but they are refusing to pay our invoices and have left me with no alternative but to report them. I expect the Premier League to move very quickly on this and instruct Swansea to pay up.”

Swansea chief Jenkins claimed to know nothing of the dispute in a statement last night.

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Dowson added 12:09 - Jun 25 go on cleggggggg !!!!!!!!!!!!
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LostBumpkin added 12:21 - Jun 25 I was looking for my bicycle the other day, and there it was, GONE! There's lovely isn't it SEE!
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tractorboybig added 12:21 - Jun 25 Blue army if all ITFC fans were as brain dead as you We could be called NORWICH>
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goldengoal added 12:23 - Jun 25 Unsurprising that Swansea would would welsh on a financial deal, 'welsh on' invented in the valleys. Interesting to see whether premier league have got the bottle to make them pay up. Clever bit of marketing by Cleggy to put Tamas in shop window though.
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itfcjc added 13:34 - Jun 25 Pay up or we get your prem spot!!!!
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wellasahsay added 13:42 - Jun 25 Just has a nosey on Planetswans. Interesting that most posts on there are assuming that they are in the wrong, that it's embarrassing publicity and that they should just pay up. Taffs also less than complementary about his performance there and complaining that £300,000 seems quite a lot to pay for 96 minutes on the pitch. Ho ho.
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Papa added 13:51 - Jun 25 Wonders never cease, they have the Internet in Wales now......
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n5normy added 14:09 - Jun 25 Pay up Swansea. But who the hell put Priskin on a contract worth £300,000 for 3 months of football
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ipswich123 added 14:13 - Jun 25 @kingchopra - "clues in the name ENGLISH Premier League" - but its not called the English Premier League the word 'English' doesn't or never has appeared in its title. @Dissboyitfc - FYI Swansea were INVITED into the Southern league at around 1913 and were later FOUNDER MEMBERS of the Football League 3rd Division in 1920. The club has remained in the FL ever since until its promotion to the premier league last season - that is why they participate in english competition.

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blueblood66 added 14:30 - Jun 25 slippery devil this guy, well done Clegg, stick to your guns.
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TractorBeezer added 14:48 - Jun 25 Cleggy, good luck with your meeting next week with Huw Jenkins who will be returning down the Swanee River (sounds better than the Gipping) 300,000 pounds lighter. Our first win without even kicking a ball.
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Talbs77 added 15:27 - Jun 25 I reckon Old Tefal head has every right to be getting his posh Y Fronts in a twist. If Swansea signed a deal then it should and will be honoured. Must admit he has gone up in my estimation these past couple of mths after I think he initially struggled when 1st entered football and annoyed me commenting on stuff like the olympics when in my view he should have been concentrating on us especially as I think we were in the bottom 3 at the time. Hopefully he will be giving us another flash of that terrific forehead next to towns next signing in the not too distant future.........

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HarryfromBath added 15:50 - Jun 25 It is funny how you can go off a team quickly. Swansea used to be in my region in a previous job, and it was one of the most introspective and isolated teams of people I have ever had the misfortune to manage. The earlier comments really do sit well with the mentality of the city. I am not joking. I just can not think of who Swansea remind me of, a city in the middle of nowhere with a chip on their shoulder about a more successful neighbour. I was looking forward to the budgies getting suffed next season every week, but we can add the poor mans Barcelona to the queue.

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Bangor31 added 17:01 - Jun 25 @ ipswich123 1) the premiership is part of the english football league system so technically you cant be wrong saying English premier League. 2) they weren't invited they applied for the move as did every welsh club that moved
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ipswich123 added 17:27 - Jun 25 1) my point was that its official name has never been 'english premier league' as was suggested in the previous post 2)there is some historical debate whether some welsh clubs applied or were actually invited - point is they were accepted - more relevant is the fact that they were founder members of the FL Div 3 thus justifying their place in english competition today

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Tiggs added 17:29 - Jun 25 There is a division of opinion between Town and Swans it appears. Maybe it's just something else that Clegg has got wrong!!!! Get shot ME. please!
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John_Portman added 19:41 - Jun 25 all cbout principal.
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Dissboyitfc added 20:14 - Jun 25 Tiggs the biggest mistake clegg made was his part in getting keane in, we all thought it was great at the time, did nt we? Get off cleggs back, he is not to blame for swansea's behavior. COYB
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nkotb_sect5 added 20:15 - Jun 25 if priskin commanded £300k .. how much was bully? funny ol game. but i'm luvvin it!
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wiggy71 added 20:18 - Jun 25 Tut put a welsh club in the English premier league and all they do is take the p1ss no wonder sheep feel hard done by in south Wales
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SitfcB added 03:30 - Jun 26 Most random news comment EVER!^^^^^
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bobble added 06:37 - Jun 26 i find that 2 litres of cider gives a slightly sharper taste just lower the water input also for a special treat use garlic butter yummmm
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ElvisMariner added 09:01 - Jun 26 Swansea City need to show some class and pay us the money that they owe us - a deal is a deal - end of story.
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johnhazelbum added 09:31 - Jun 26 simon clegg/ marcus evans too busy selling their Irish/Greece/Malta Olympic 2012 ticket allocation. Is this the real reason we employ Clegg?
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