Zan Vipotnik has been backed to return to type for Swansea Metropolis – although he’s nonetheless not assured to return to the beginning line-up.
Swansea are flying within the Championship, main the desk after six video games, and so they take their unbeaten begin to Southampton on Tuesday (19:45 BST).
And but their main goalscorer of final season has not received up and working.
Vipotnik, 24, took the second-tier golden boot with 23 league objectives final time period for a aspect that didn’t hassle the eventual race for the play-offs.
The tally was constructed on an eye catching begin the place he had bagged 5 objectives from the opening six video games.
The identical variety of appearances into the 2026-27 season, and Vipotnik remains to be to search out the web.
The most recent probability got here within the latter levels of Saturday’s goalless Welsh derby with Wrexham, Vipotnik having regarded energetic off the bench was unable to steer his stretch previous Anthony Patterson to interrupt the impasse.
Swans boss Vitor Matos, although, seems calm.
Requested whether or not he anticipated the Slovenia worldwide to search out confidence and type quickly, he replied: “I believe if somebody is aware of the right way to rating objectives it is him, so I believe it is only a matter of scoring.”
Or maybe a matter of time.
The apparent distinction is that Vipotnik has solely been given one league begin thus far this yr, Adam Idah most well-liked in each recreation for the reason that opening day win at Stoke Metropolis.
Idah, a £6m signing from Celtic a yr in the past, missed most of final season with harm, however has regarded able to make his mark with two objectives thus far.
