{"id":554106,"date":"2020-06-17T09:50:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T13:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=554106"},"modified":"2021-12-29T19:38:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:38:32","slug":"joel-asoro-returns-to-swansea-city-after-groningen-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/06\/17\/joel-asoro-returns-to-swansea-city-after-groningen-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Asoro Returns to Swansea City After Groningen Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/swansea-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swansea City<\/a> winger <a href=\"\/tag\/joel-asoro\/\" target=\"_self\">Joel Asoro<\/a> has returned to his parent club after a loan spell with Groningen.<\/p>\n<h2>Joel Asoro Returns to Swansea City After Groningen Loan<\/h2>\n<h3>From Wales to The Netherlands<\/h3>\n<p>The 21-year-old has returned to South Wales after a season-long loan at Eredivisie club Groningen.<\/p>\n<p>He has struggled to ground his feet at <a href=\"\/tag\/championship\/\" target=\"_self\">Championship<\/a> side Swansea since joining from Sunderland in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In 17 appearances for Groningen, the former Sweden Under-21 international scored three goals.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch side had the option to sign Asoro on a permanent deal as part of the loan agreement but wanted to keep him for a further loan spell instead.<\/p>\n<p>Mark-Jan Fledderus, technical director at Groningen, has said extending the player&#8217;s loan &#8220;was not an option at the moment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Asoro has struggled during his time in South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The young winger failed to score in any of his 17 Swans appearances in 2018-19 &#8211; just four of those were starts for the Championship outfit.<\/p>\n<p>Graham Potter, Swans boss at the time, felt he had signed a star of the future when Asoro moved from the Stadium of Light for a deal worth around \u00a32 million.<\/p>\n<p>Asoro signed a four-year deal at the Liberty Stadium having scored three times in 33 games for <a href=\"\/tag\/sunderland\/\" target=\"_self\">Sunderland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Championship Return<\/h3>\n<p>Football in England&#8217;s second, third and fourth-tiers are set to return from tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Colchester United and <a href=\"\/tag\/northampton-town\/\" target=\"_self\">Northampton Town<\/a> host <a href=\"\/tag\/exeter-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Exeter City<\/a> and <a href=\"\/tag\/cheltenham-town\/\" target=\"_self\">Cheltenham Town<\/a> respectively in the <a href=\"\/tag\/league-two\/\" target=\"_self\">League Two<\/a> play-offs on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Championship returns on Saturday with a full round of fixtures across the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>22 teams will compete on Saturday before <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/cardiff-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff City<\/a> take on <a href=\"\/tag\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Leeds United<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/tag\/derby-county\/\" target=\"_self\">Derby County<\/a>&#8216;s 3-0 home victory over <a href=\"\/tag\/blackburn-rovers\/\" target=\"_self\">Blackburn Rovers<\/a> on March 8 was the last Championship fixture before coronavirus suspended football.<\/p>\n<p>Swansea City are 11th in the standings, seven points adrift to the play-offs. The Swans will take on <a href=\"\/tag\/middlesbrough\/\" target=\"_self\">Middlesbrough<\/a> at 12.30 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"wmw-TIgkTRBO-gfJs-LR4g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1201341477\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'wmw-TIgkTRBO-gfJs-LR4g',sig:'uxvxRsp482Dt82QU7tsqvnaKr8dk5slYDBuWwls8jcU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1201341477',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swansea City winger Joel Asoro has returned to his parent club after a loan spell with Groningen. Joel Asoro Returns to Swansea City After Groningen Loan From Wales to The Netherlands The 21-year-old has returned to South Wales after a season-long loan at Eredivisie club Groningen. 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