Swansea Transfers: 5 Signings That Would Prove They Mean Business Next Season

it's being turned into a film. In 2001, the club were sold for £1 to businessman Tony Petty, and his three-month spell almost sent the club into extinction. In 2002, reportedly 24 hours before the club were about to go to the wall, supporters ousted Petty and bought back the club, but there were more troubling times to come. A year later, only a 4-2 win against Hull City on the last day of the 2002/03 season saved the Swans from relegation out of the Football League. Eight years and two promotions later, Swansea are cutting it in the big time of the Premier League, after becoming the first ever Welsh club to be promoted to the topflight in 2011, and with it picking up a £90 million jackpot. What a long way they've come. Now, their ambitions are as big as the steps they have made since those frightful times under Petty. After winning the League Cup in February, qualifying them for European football next season, along with finishing in the top 10 last season, Michael Laudrup's side have ambitious plans - and adventurous transfer targets. Swansea have been linked with a move for the Netherland's top scorer last season, Wilfried Bony, and here, we profile 5 Signings That Would Prove They Mean Business Next Season.