Clement: Swans will be boosted by Olsson and Naughton return

Swansea are targeting a fourth home victory in a row on Sunday, and manager Paul Clement believes the returns of Martin Olsson and Kyle Naughton will be key.

Both defenders have been unavailable in recent weeks due to injury and will be valuable additions to a squad which has lost their last two games at Hull City and Bournemouth.

The Swans have nine Premier League games left this season and Clement revealed that all his international players have returned to the Swans’ training base in good health.

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“They [Olsson and Naughton] are both now fit,” Clement said. “They are both in very good shape – they look strong and hungry to get back into the team.

“We have missed them because they have been influential not only in terms of defending but particularly attacking from their positions. We are very happy to have them back.”

Swansea go into the weekend on 27 points, three points clear of the relegation places, and Clement explained that the Swans believe 42 is the magic number.

“The highest number of points a team has gone down with is 42, so we have got to try to get more than that,” Clement said.

“We had a meeting this week and spoke about some of the things we need to do on Sunday. We have been working hard to prepare for Middlesbrough and the players will be ready. It’s then a question of delivering.”