Swansea City manager Steve Cooper has issued an update regarding the fitness of his squad ahead of this weekend's clash with Luton Town.

The headline from the update is that experienced winger Wayne Routledge is now back in contention for the trip to Kenilworth Road, whilst he also had updates on Joe Rodon and Jordon Garrick.

"Wayne is back, he’s trained all week," Cooper told his pre-match press conference on Thursday, reported by WalesOnline.

"It’s always good to have him on the training pitch. Then there’s Joe (Rodon) and Jordon (Garrick) who are ongoing with their rehabs."

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The 34-year-old has been missing since the Swans 1-0 defeat away to Millwall back in November, subsequently missing the club's next five matches.

Swansea picked up a much-needed three points last weekend as they dispatched an ill-disciplined Middlesbrough side 3-1 at The Liberty, bringing an end to their six match winless run in the second-tier.

It was a win that moved them back to within a point of the play-off places and they will be confident of breaking into the top-six on Saturday against an out of sorts Luton side.

The verdict

This is definitely a big boost for Swansea ahead of a match that they will feel they should be winning.

Cooper has done an excellent job and the fact that fans are now expecting a play-off challenge says everything about his impact, given the doom and gloom that surrounded the summer at the South Wales side.

It would be a brilliant achievement for them to make the top-six and there is no question that they will be more likely to do that with the likes of Routledge available to them.