Swansea City captain Matt Grimes extends contract through to 2027

Swansea City captain Matt Grimes has put pen to paper on a two-year contract extension through to the end of June 2027.

The 28-year-old midfielder’s deal had been due to expire in the summer of 2025, but this agreement secures the long-term future of a player who made his 250th appearance for Swansea City against Hull in April.

It would also see Grimes bring up a dozen years in Swansea colours, with the midfield general having first joined the club from Exeter City in January 2015.

While Grimes has long been an integral figure at the Swans, he showed great resolve to come through a challenging start to life in SA1.

He had to bide his time for regular first-team action and spent a handful of spells out on loan with the likes of Leeds, Blackburn and Northampton.

But he resurrected his Swans career under Graham Potter during the 2018-19 campaign. He was subsequently handed the captain’s armband by Steve Cooper in the summer of 2019 and has retained it ever since, leading Swansea on nearly 200 occasions.

He has been a near ever-present during the last five seasons and has been among the Championship’s top midfield performers throughout that time.

Grimes has enjoyed many memorable moments in a Swans shirt, including scoring a stunning goal against Barnsley in the 2021 play-offs which helped send the club to Wembley.

He has made 254 Swansea appearances in total, and could pass through the 300 barrier before the end of the current campaign.