By Gareth Vincent
South Wales Evening Post

Swansea City will sign a goalkeeper before the transfer window shuts - and boss Roberto Martinez is keeping tabs on 10 other players.

Martinez believes it is essential that Swansea recruit another keeper to compete with Dorus de Vries.

But he says the form of the players already on the Liberty Stadium books makes strengthening his squad a difficult task.

"It's quite clear that we need to bring a goalkeeper in," Martinez conceded.

"And we should make sure we get him before the transfer deadline.

"It's not easy - we can't just go into the market and spend money so we are limited as to where we can look.

"But whether it's a loan or a permanent signing, we will find the person who is right for what we want.

"We need a body for the dynamics of the group every day. We were counting on David Cornell a little bit, but his injury has changed things."

Youth-team stopper Cornell picked up a wrist problem in pre-season and faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

With the teenager out, local youngster Ben Hopkins donned the gloves as a Swansea reserve side featuring the likes of Alan Tate and Albert Serran were thumped 4-0 at Cheltenham yesterday.

Martinez is not short of resources elsewhere in his squad, but he revealed: "There are many players I could mention who we will be following closely over the next three or four weeks.

"There are probably 10 we are keeping an eye on in positions that could help us, players with Championship background and Championship status.

"Having said that, the players we already have are making it very hard for anyone who might be coming in because of their high standards.

"The better they perform, the harder it is for us to find players who could take us up a level."

Martinez has pointed to lack of pace out wide as a potential problem following Paul Anderson's decision to join Nottingham Forest, and a young flyer is the most likely addition after a keeper.

Chelsea's Scott Sinclair is one of those on Swansea's radar, but Martinez is not certain to recruit.

"We have lost that pace from last season," he admitted, "but we have pace in other areas now and we may have to adapt.

"If a player who can improve us becomes available and we can get him we will.

"But we have to be clever. We can't compete with other clubs who want the same kind of players when deadlines come around."

The transfer window will close at midnight on September 1 - 24 hours later than usual because August 31 is a Sunday.

Swansea, meantime, will receive around £20,000 after Ian Craney joined Huddersfield from Accrington Stanley in a six-figure deal.

The cash comes thanks to a sell-on clause agreed when Craney rejoined Accrington from Swansea for £85,000 back in January.

Craney was originally brought to Wales by Kenny Jackett for a fee of £150,000.