BREAKING NEWS: Swansea continues to struggle as Hibs target Kuharevich

Kuharevich, 23, is yet to start a game for Swansea since signing from Troyes 12 months ago.

The Championship club will consider letting the Ukrainian leave this summer, though his exit would leave yet another vacancy in an already thin squad.

Kuharevich has scored once in 13 substitute appearances for Swansea, but netted five times in 15 Hibs games during a loan spell with the Scottish Premiership club in 2022-23.

Swansea have offloaded 12 senior players since the end of last season and have so far brought in just three new faces – goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux, midfielder Goncalo Franco and forward Eom Ji-Sung.

Vigouroux is the club’s only fit senior keeper after Andy Fisher picked up an injury during their pre-season trip to Austria.

Of the four centre-backs who finished last season in Swansea’s squad, only Ben Cabango and Harry Darling remain at the club, while 35-year-old Kyle Naughton appears to be their primary cover for full-backs Josh Key and Josh Tymon.

Kristian Pedersen and Nathan Tjoe-A-On are available, though both those players are yet to establish themselves at Swansea. The two left-sided defenders were sent out on loan in January having only joined the Welsh club last summer.

The arrival of Franco means Swansea are reasonably well-stocked in central midfield, though Joe Allen was one of seven players not involved in Tuesday’s open training session at the Swansea.com Stadium due to fitness issues.

Swansea’s options out wide are limited, with Ronald and long-term absentee Josh Ginnelly also among the group of players currently unavailable.

Up front, Liam Cullen is the favourite to start the Championship opener at Middlesbrough on Saturday, 10 August, with Kuharevich looking like the only alternative for that role as things stand.

Head coach Luke Williams has been desperate to recruit a new centre-forward, with Swansea allowing Jerry Yates – who signed in a deal worth about £3m last summer – to join Derby County on loan earlier this month.

They also said farewell to Jamal Lowe, their joint leading scorer alongside Yates in 2023-24, after his loan from Bournemouth came to an end.

Swansea are also thought to be eyeing defensive recruits and wide players, while they may have to move for another senior keeper depending on the extent of Fisher’s injury.