Rival clubs keen on Swansea's Vipotnik - Matos

TL;DR

Swansea City's Zan Vipotnik, the Championship's top scorer with 21 goals, is attracting interest from rival clubs, according to Vitor Matos. His impressive performance includes six goals in his last four matches for club and country.

Key points

Zan Vipotnik is the Championship's leading goalscorer.
He has scored 21 goals in 40 games this season.
Vitor Matos confirms interest from rival clubs.
Vipotnik has six goals in his last four matches.
He has also netted three goals for Slovenia.

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Zan Vipotnik has six goals in his past four games for club and country [Huw Evans Picture Agency]

Vitor Matos says rival clubs are interested in Swansea City striker Zan Vipotnik – but insists that is "normal" given the striker's form this season.

Vipotnik is the Championship's leading goalscorer with 21 goals in 40 second-tier games.

The 24-year-old has also netted two cup goals as well as three for Slovenia in what has been an eye-catching campaign.

Reports in Portugal this week suggested Sporting and Jose Mourinho's Benfica are among the sides monitoring Vipotnik, who has also been linked with a handful of English clubs and was on the radar of sides across Europe last summer.

"He's a good player scoring goals so I believe there's interest of other clubs, that's normal," said Swansea head coach Matos.

"[But there is] nothing new from our side, there was no-one coming here asking something, so we just keep training.

"He's training well. That's the most important thing, that he keeps doing that, focuses on the season, focuses on what he can improve, focuses on trying to help the team to fulfil our goals and our next goal is to beat Southampton."

Vipotnik joined from Bordeaux in 2024 and scored only seven goals during his first season at Swansea, who host Southampton on Saturday (15:00 BST).