Laudrup reveals inflation in English market forced him abroad

Swansea City boss Michael Laudrup revealed that inflated prices of players in the Premier League forced him to sign players from Spain with Alvaro Vazquez being his final signing of the window.

Laudrup signed Spain U 21 international Vazquez from Getafe on loan for a season ahving already brought in Jose Canas, Jordi Amat and Alejandro Pozuelo. The Swans boss has frequently explored the Spanish transfer market having made the signing of the season last term when he bought Michu. 


"It's not that I always want Spanish players, but again it's about the combination of the quality and what you have to pay," said Laudrup.


"I think it's relevant and the chairman thinks that as well - and he's right. That's how it is.


"I said for a long time we needed one more striker, one with different characteristics from the ones we've got already in Bony and Michu.


"We needed a player who can give us a little more depth in our squad, someone to make the runs in behind the defence.


"Alvaro will give us the movements we need in some games or part of the game and all the players we were talking to had those characteristics.


"They were different ages and different nationalities but they had all those characteristics because that's what we were lacking in.