Swansea

West Ham have been touted as potential suitors for Vipotnik, although Swans boss Vitor Matos dismissed that link as “just a rumour”.

Matos, who has overseen four wins in Swansea’s past six matches, was full of praise for the forward’s performance in the 1-0 win at Oxford, with injuries to fellow frontmen Adam Idah and Liam Cullen making his contribution all the more important.

Swansea now face West Brom on New Year’s Day (15:00 GMT) with Vipotnik hoping to continue his progress this season.

Vipotnik, who has scored 12 in all competitions after just seven in his first campaign in Wales, began 2025-26 playing back-up to Cullen and then saw Idah arrive in a big-money transfer from Celtic on 1 September.

But the former Bordeaux player has made himself Swansea’s first-choice centre-forward thanks to his impressive form.

“It was tough (at the beginning of the season) but, after, I showed my character and I’m thankful for my team-mates and gaffer who helped me with this,” Vipotnik added.

“I’m really happy with my form and I’ll hope that I’ll continue in the new year.

“I have a target in my head about how many goals. I don’t like to say it, but I like to score every game.”

Swansea City boss Vitor Matos says facing Welsh rivals Wrexham provides a different “emotional charge” compared to other Championship games.

The two sides face each other on Friday, 19 September at Swansea.com Stadium in the first league contest between the Swans and the Dragons since 2003 (20:00 GMT).

Despite a geographical distance over more than 100 miles between Swansea in south west Wales and Wrexham in the country’s north east, Matos insists he is treating the game as a derby.

“I think from what I feel from our supporters, I think we can call it a derby, straight on,” said Matos.

“It’s a game with a different emotional charge, but in these games we need that emotion and the passion to drive us forward and that I think that’s quite important.

“For that we need clarity, we need discipline, we need identity and that’s what we will need to focus on our game.

“We need to respect Wrexham. What they’ve done in the recent years, being promoted, and how they are doing this season as well.

“If we look back on the last 10 games, they have only lost one. So I think that deserves, like all teams, our respect and deserves a lot of credit.

“It will be a good game, 100%, and a game that we need to be on our toes to compete, and that’s really important.”