There's one week left of the January transfer window and, not for the first time, Swansea City appear once again to be flirting with crisis.

At the time of writing, Burnley's Hannes Delcroix is the only player to have come through the door, with three first-team players heading the other way and out the exit.

Azeem Abdulai has joined Leyton Orient, while goalkeeping duo Andy Fisher and Nathan Broome have both departed on loan. Sign up to our Swansea City newsletter here.

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If we're operating on the club's own assessment that a good window is one where the squad ends the month stronger than when it started, there's no question that this January recruitment drive is already in danger of being the latest in a long line of annual failures.

What's more, things are in real danger of getting worse.

The noises coming out of SA1 suggest captain Matt Grimes, a stalwart of this side for so long, is now ready to bring the curtain down on a 10-year stint with the club.

His talents sometimes divide opinion among supporters, but the praise lavished upon him by Luke Williams and others within the game suggest his departure, should it happen, would be a catastrophic blow to Swansea's plans.

Coventry City have already had two bids rejected, but it seems they are relatively confident a deal can be struck. Grimes himself is also understood to be open to the move, which would likely see him enjoy a hefty increase on his current wage.

What sort of deal Swansea could strike for their captain remains to be seen, but his departure would clearly send a shockwave through their plans for the window, and would put chairman Andy Coleman under greater pressure to deliver an acceptable solution.

After all, the club were already in the market for a central midfielder way before news of the skipper's potential exit honed into view.

The Swans have enquired about the availability of former loanee Luke Cundle, although the indications are that current club Wolves might well prefer a permanent move for the 22-year-old, which may complicate matters. There's also the small matter of interest from elsewhere, with Millwall already seeing a bid knocked back.

Leyton Orient's Ethan Galbraith is another on the radar, but Swansea don't appear to have firmed up their interest with an actual approach at this stage.

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Joe Andrews, a Wales under-19 international, has been linked by reports elsewhere. But his decision to sign a new deal at non-league Chippenham Town might well prove problematic to any potential suitor.

The club are, meanwhile, set to hold talks with Timothy Fosu-Mensah this week, although given he's a free agent, it's one that could well wait beyond the close of the window, although there are also several other Championship sides in the picture.

A winger is also on the wishlist. Luis Palma and Tyler Goodrham are among the options linked so far, but again there doesn't appear to be anything imminent at this stage.

Whether a departure for Grimes might grease the cogs heading into the final few days of the window is anyone's guess, but soured of Swansea's window is starting to feel like an increasing certainty.

What's more, Coleman and co are running out of time to change it.