{"id":29186,"date":"2025-05-18T10:55:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T10:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/bobby-wales-swansea-city-sign-teenage-kilmarnock-striker-after-agreeing-a-compensation-package\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T10:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T10:55:33","slug":"bobby-wales-swansea-city-sign-teenage-kilmarnock-striker-after-agreeing-a-compensation-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/bobby-wales-swansea-city-sign-teenage-kilmarnock-striker-after-agreeing-a-compensation-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Wales: Swansea City sign teenage Kilmarnock striker after agreeing a compensation package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wales started Kilmarnock&#8217;s win against Dundee last weekend, but was an unused substitute in Wednesday&#8217;s 3-0 defeat at Motherwell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Killie&#8217;s season comes to an today when they play Hearts in the Scottish Premiership,  and will finish ninth in the Scottish top flight having pulled clear of relegation danger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wales netted 12 goals in 24 third-tier appearances for Alloa during a loan spell last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A Scotland Under-19s international, Wales has been tipped for senior honours on the back of his breakthrough season at Kilmarnock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In March, Kilmarnock boss Derek McInness said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/articles\/cm2j0m3nl8vo\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">he would be &#8220;devastated&#8221;<\/a> should Wales leave the club, but he is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cyvm76rl5jgo\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">set to depart this summer to take over at Hearts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Swansea director of football Richard Montague, said: &#8220;Bobby is a talented young player, and one who boasts plenty of experience of senior football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We believe he has the potential to develop into an important player for Swansea City, and the personal accolades he has received in recent years underline how highly thought of he is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We look forward to welcoming him to Swansea at the start of pre-season, and are very happy to have been able to move decisively to secure another acquisition so far in advance of the new campaign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Wales deal is the second agreed by Swansea since the Championship season ended earlier this month, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c3evl1k44l7o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Zeidane Inoussa on the way from BK Hacken.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/ce81ymr5rnko\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wales started Kilmarnock&#8217;s win against Dundee last weekend, but was an unused substitute in Wednesday&#8217;s 3-0 defeat at Motherwell. Killie&#8217;s season comes to an today when they play Hearts in the Scottish Premiership, and will finish ninth in the Scottish top flight having pulled clear of relegation danger. 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