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Charlton Athletic boss Nathan Jones, Swansea's Vitor Matos, Cesar Peixoto of Wolves and QPR head coach Julien Stephan have been nominated for August's Championship manager of the month award.

Jones led Charlton to the top of the table with three wins from their opening three games.

Swansea made an unbeaten start under Matos with their seven points including victories over Stoke City and Derby County.

In his first season in charge of Wolves, Cesar Peixoto also started with seven points from the first three games of the campaign as they seek an immediate return to the Premier League.

QPR have made an encouraging start to the new season and went through August unbeaten with Julien Stephan overseeing away wins at Portsmouth and Blackburn Rovers.

The winner of the season's first award will be announced on Friday, 11 September.

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Vitor Matos says Ronald is looking to the future at Swansea City after the collapse of his proposed move to Millwall.

Swansea agreed to sell their Brazilian winger to the Lions on transfer deadline day earlier this month only for the move to collapse over personal terms.

The 25-year-old is under contract at Swansea until the summer of 2027, though the deal features an option for a further 12 months.

He has come straight back into the fold after the Millwall deal fell through, featuring on the bench in last weekend's draw against Wrexham and coming on as a half-time substitute during Tuesday's defeat at Southampton.

"I think Ronnie is full of desire, full of hard work - we needed a player like that on the pitch in the second half [at Southampton]," said Swansea head coach Matos.

"He comes on, goes straight to situations where we pressed unbelievably well to make Southampton uncomfortable. That's what we wanted, to give them uncomfortable moments as well.

"Ronnie is a player with that [ability], that's why he came on. I am happy that he came on with that hunger and really looking forward for the future."

Ronald has scored 12 goals in 116 appearances since joining Swansea in January 2024.

While there have been some question marks over his end product, the former Estrela da Amadora player has been picked regularly - by three different bosses - throughout his time in Wales.

He has been involved in this week's game ahead of Jeremy Monga, the highly rated 17-year-old who joined Swansea on loan from Manchester City on loan earlier this month.

Both Ronald and Monga may be in contention to feature when the Swans host Burnley on Saturday with fellow winger Eom Jisung now away with South Korea at the Asian Games.

We asked for your opinions after Swansea City suffered their first defeat of the Championship season at Southampton on Tuesday.

Having conceded only once in their first five league games of 2026-27, Swansea were breached three times at St Mary's as they were knocked off the top of the table.

Here are some of your views.

Christian: Matos needs to return to the back four that has done so well since [Ben] Cabango and [Cameron] Burgess got injured. [Eli] Just also not seen to be offering much as all at present. [Stephen] Welsh continues to be excellent. Tactics found out a bit against Southampton. We left so much space at times from pressing that a quality side exploited.

Oz: False dawn. We were undone by a team willing to attack us. I understand Vitor Matos needs to rotate to keep fresh, but to not start your most effective team is criminal. We can still be competitive at the business end of the Championship, but play our best players; [we] shouldn't need to rotate after six games.

Edwin: Saints fan here, impressed with Swansea, who will be in the mix at the end of the season.

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Vitor Matos says Zeidane Inoussa could leave Swansea City after the winger was omitted from the Welsh side's English Football League (EFL) squad list.

Clubs can lodge a maximum of 25 senior players who can feature in the first half of the season, but Swansea opted to fill only 24 spaces in the squad submitted to the EFL following the summer transfer window.

Inoussa, 24, came close to joining Portsmouth on English football's transfer deadline day earlier this month, only for a proposed loan switch to Fratton Park to fall through.

But Matos says that with windows in some countries - including Greece, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Saudi Arabia - still open, Inoussa may yet depart.

"At the moment some markets are still open so let's see how it ends up," the Swansea head coach said.

"The space is still there [in the 25-man squad], and when everything is more settled we will assess and see for sure what the situation will be."

Inoussa, who is under contract at Swansea until 2030, was linked with a loan move to Osijek earlier this week, but Croatia's transfer window has now closed.

Swansea say reports in Croatia that he failed a medical are inaccurate because no deal was agreed between the clubs.

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The Swans paid a significant fee to sign Inoussa from BK Hacken in the summer of 2025, but the former Sweden Under-21 international has had a limited impact in the Championship.

Inoussa scored once in 29 Swansea appearances last season, and did not feature after January due to a stress fracture in his back.

With competition in Matos' squad fierce for game-time out wide, Inoussa has not been involved so far in 2026-27.

"We all want to have all the players here, but in the end all the players want to play, and Zeidane deserves nothing more than respect from our side," Matos added.

"So if he wants, I think he deserves to play to prove himself, to have game-time.

"It's important for him because of what happened last season in terms of coming back from injury at the end of the season, so he needs that. We are here to support him and then let's see how it goes."

While Inoussa has been left out of Swansea's initial EFL squad, clubs are allowed to add players further down the line if required.

This is a meeting of two of the in-form sides in the Championship on Tuesday (19:45 BST).

Swansea City head to the south coast at the top of the table and unbeaten from their opening five games while Southampton have not lost in their past four outings after an opening-day defeat by Watford.

• Southampton have won six of their past seven meetings with Swansea City in all competitions (D1), and have not lost to the Swans since January 2017 in the Premier League (1-2).

• Swansea have won just one of their past 16 league visits to Southampton (D4 L11), a 1-0 Premier League win in February 2015. The Swans have not scored in any of their past four league games at St Mary's.

• Since Tonda Eckert's first home league game in charge (8 November 2025), Southampton have more home points in the Championship than any other side (44).

• Swansea are hoping to win each of their first three away games of a league season for the very first time in their history.

• Southampton have lost only one of their past nine Championship games against Welsh clubs (W6 D2), a 2-1 defeat by Cardiff in April 2024. At home, the Saints are unbeaten in 19 games against Welsh sides in the second tier (W14 D5) since a 5-3 loss to Cardiff in October 1962.

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Swansea City head coach Vitor Matos has said his side must "take care" of their impressive defensive record as they aim to challenge for promotion.

Championship leaders Swansea have conceded just once across their first five games of the season, fewer than any other team in the English Football League (EFL).

A 0-0 draw against Wrexham means the Swans have managed four clean sheets in their first five league games for the first time since the 1978-79 season.

"It's good, but we know it can change quite quickly. We all know how the league is and how the results are," Matos said after Saturday's Welsh derby.

"That [defensive record] is something that we need to take care of, of course. It's important for us."

Speaking after a much-hyped but in the end somewhat lack-lustre affair at the Swansea.com Stadium, Matos says there is more to come from his side.

"We have said from the beginning that it is important to defend well to then be able to attack. That is the feeling that we want to have.

"Today was a massive game in terms of set-pieces. We knew they would be massive for Wrexham, and we didn't allow them that comfort in the game."

After Callum O'Hare had missed earlier on, Kieffer Moore nearly ended Swansea's clean-sheet run, but Lawrence Vigouroux denied the Wrexham forward.

Chile international Vigouroux has been gaining attention on social media for his distribution, but Matos also had praise for the keeper's shot-stopping ability.

"Clean sheets are massive. We all know that every player contributes to that, but Vigs is massive because he's a wonderful goalkeeper," Matos added.

"In a game when he didn't have a lot to do in the first-half, he made an unbelievable save in the second half. He is a goalie to do that."

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Saturday's draw against Wrexham also saw the return of club captain Ben Cabango, whose tackle on debutant O'Hare caught the ire of Phil Parkinson.

Matos is pleased to have the Welsh international back from injury, and believes Cabango will add to the healthy competition for places in his backline.

Cabango featured in all but one of Swansea's Championship games last season while centre-back partner Cam Burgess played every minute of the campaign.

The Australia international is expected to miss the rest of this season with an Achilles injury, but Matos is confident he can keep his other options fresh.

"We have healthy competition, and it's important to have depth in that position," the Portuguese coach explained.

"Last season we coped for the whole season with Ben and Cam. It was quite a hard task for them. Having the depth there, which allows them to be fresh, is massive.

"Now we have Welshy (Stephen Welsh), Ben, Jenson [Seelt] and Fil [Lissah], which is nice to have and important for the upcoming games."

Swansea return to Championship action when they face Southampton at St Mary's on Tuesday, 8 September (19:45 BST).

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The game did not live up to the hype, but the result means both clubs maintain momentum.

Swansea City remain top of the early-season table and Wrexham have enjoyed a better week after their slow start to the new campaign.

Their meeting at the Swansea.com Stadium came with a pre-match turn from a male voice choir, a sell-out crowd and a sizzling atmosphere.

But the match itself never really found a spark.

Perhaps it was for the best that Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac were not in the commentary box for this one – as they were when the two Welsh clubs met last March – because they would not have had too much to talk about.

The biggest discussion point in the post-match press conferences – or Wrexham's, at least – was the 77th-minute Ben Cabango challenge on Callum O'Hare which led to a yellow card for the Swansea captain.

Phil Parkinson said Cabango should have been sent off, Vitor Matos declined to join the debate.

A sending off would have helped Wrexham's cause late on, of course, but this was one of those games which seemed destined to end goalless.

Swansea had plenty of the ball – as expected – but could not replicate the zip and accuracy in possession which had their fans purring after last Tuesday's win over Watford.

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Wrexham had their moments, missing the night's clearest chance when debutant Callum O'Hare made space to shoot in the penalty area only to drag his shot wide.

Parkinson felt his side had looked the more menacing, with Max Cleworth unable to turn in Josh Windass' drive at the far post and Kieffer Moore denied by Swansea keeper Lawrence Vigouroux late on.

The home side's best chance fell to substitute Zan Vipotnik, who did well to reach Moussa Yeo's cross only for his sliding shot to go straight at Anthony Patterson.

For what it's worth, Swansea's xG was 0.73 compared to Wrexham's 0.64.

Ultimately, the stalemate was about right.

Swansea remain unbeaten - and have a fourth straight clean sheet on the board - as they prepare for what looks a demanding fixture at Southampton on Tuesday.

Wrexham return home to the Racecourse to face a struggling Burnley side in midweek having lifted the mood by taking four points – and registering two shutouts – from two demanding away trips in three days.

While each side would have wanted more from the Welsh derby, Swansea and Wrexham move on after what ultimately will be considered a decent result for both.