Trundle: I'd love to come back to Swans

LEE Trundle has revealed his desire to return to Swansea City before seeing his career out.

The former Swansea striker left the Liberty Stadium last year in a £1million move to Championship outfit Bristol City following four seasons in South Wales.

Fans' favourite Trundle saw his new club miss out on Premier League football after losing to Hull City in the play-off final at Wembley while Swansea won the League One title.

The two clubs go head-to-head this season with Swansea heading to Bristol on December 6.

The 31-year-old, though, has failed to replicate his form at Ashton Gate.

Trundle scored just six goals from 41 appearances last season and has made just two appearance off the bench this term as manager Gary Johnson has favoured £2.25million summer signing Nicky Maynard and Dele Adebola.

"I'd definitely like to go back to Swansea at some point of my career," Trundle told the Evening Post.

"It's a club where I had great years playing football so there's no reason why I wouldn't want to go back. It's a team that I love."

He added: "In football it's hard to talk in terms of when things will happen, so I don't know if I would move back in the short term."

A return to Swansea would depend on a number of factors.

Firstly, Bristol City would want to recoup a majority of the fee they splashed out on Trundle, while his wages would also be a likely stumbling block.

With Jason Scotland topping the League One scoring charts last season, along with the wealth of options in the striking department, a return may seem unlikely.

To further quash a possible return, Swansea announced in the summer that they would no longer deal with Neil Sang — Trundle's agent — following Andy Robinson's switch to Leeds United in May.

Tickets for Swansea City's away matches at Reading (September 27) and Preston (September 30) will go on sale from Monday.

Swansea have been given an initial allocation of 1,500 tickets for the game at Reading but a further 2,500 will be made available if required while the club has 1,001 tickets for the game at Preston.

All tickets will go straight on general sale but sales are limited to just four per applicant.

Chris Barney