Swansea City tracking ex-Man Utd product once described as his country's Iniesta or Xavi
Swansea City are tracking the movements of Northern Ireland international Ethan Galbraith, WalesOnline understands.
Galbraith came through the ranks at Manchester United, making one first-team appearance for the Red Devils, before joining Leyton Orient.
He joined the London club in the summer of 2023 following loan spells with Doncaster Rovers and Salford City. Sign up to our Swansea City newsletter here.
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The 23-year-old midfielder has entered the last six months of his contract at the Gaughan Group Stadium. Swansea and Orient have been in recent dialogue following Azeem Abdulai's move to the League One club.
That line of communication may well be picked up again before the week is out, with Swansea interested in the four-cap international.
He played the full 90 minutes in Orient's 2-0 win over Reading on Saturday.
Centre-back Hannes Delcroix has joined Swansea on loan from fellow Championship side Burnley so far this month, but with results in serious decline over the past few weeks, Swansea head coach Luke Williams desperately needs positivity.
Galbraith comes with some rave reviews. While he was with United, ex-Northern Ireland manager Ian Baraclough described Galbraith as Northern Ireland's very own "Andres Iniesta or Xavi".
“Ethan, over the last six months we’ve seen a maturity in his play and the way he goes about his work day to day," Baraclough said of the youngster.
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"He’s excelled with the under-21s and he’s a different type of player to anyone we’ve got in the senior squad. Not to put too much pressure on his shoulders, but he’s our little (Andres) Iniesta or Xavi, someone who can get on the ball and manipulate the ball and find positive passes.
"Hopefully it’s the start of a long career for him. Hopefully he relishes his time from the start in this squad, rather than coming in from the under-21 squad.
"He has earned his right with the way he has gone about his play for the last six months."
