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Steve Cooper went about restructuring his Swansea City squad this summer after taking over the reins at the Liberty Stadium, with 14 players heading through the exit door, whilst only six names were brought in by the Welshman. 

Given the fact that the Swans lost several of their key players this summer, with the likes of Ollie McBurnie and Dan James leaving for Sheffield and Manchester United respectively, many Swansea fans would have been expecting to see a lot more incomings this summer.

However Cooper has clearly favoured a more conservative approach, with only Swedish winger Kristoffer Peterson costing any kind of transfer fee for the club.

Peterson was signed from Dutch Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo, with the versatile 24-year-old being brought in by Cooper to provide competition in attacking areas for the likes of Bersant Celina and Andre Ayew.

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In summary, the Swede has so far failed to hit the ground running since arriving at the Championship club, with the former Liverpool man having only appeared on six occasions in all competitions for the Swans so far, scoring one goal in the process.

It is fair to say that the sparkling form displayed by the likes of Celina and Ayew have largely restricted Peterson's game time, however when given the chance to impress by Cooper, the 24-year-old has failed to do so, averaging just one shot and 2.7 dribbles per game, underlining his lack of impact on games so far.

Cooper places great expectations on his attacking players to press high from the front when out of possession, and this is an area in which Peterson has so far failed to thrive, with the wide man seeming to have struggled to adapt to the difference in pace between the Eredivisie and the Championship.

His lack of contribution will certainly be one of the reasons why Cooper is reluctant to gift him more game time at present, particularly with the Welshman requiring his wide players to get back and cover their fullbacks when the Swans are caught out by opposition counter-attacks.

It will be interesting to see if Peterson improve his performance levels and thus gets more chances in the coming months, with the Swans likely to need every member of their squad firing to deal with the increased volume of fixtures over the winter period, meaning the Swede could yet resurrect his Swans career.

At this current moment, the jury is out on the tricky winger, however, there is still time for him to prove his worth before it is too late.