Swansea City are the club being tipped to gatecrash the top four this season after their stunning come-from-behind victory over Manchester United.

Andre Ayew and Bafetimbi Gomis were again on target as Garry Monk’s men moved into the Champions League places heading into the international break.

Here, we look at five reasons why the Swans are ready to make a splash this season…

Swansea have climbed into the top four - and some are tipping them to be there at the end of the season

Free and easy…

The combined cost in transfer fees for the two players who dismantled United? Nothing.

Indeed, Gomis and Ayew must rank as two of the most shrewd free-transfer additions of recent seasons.

Gomis has four goals in as many games – nine in 10 when extended into the last campaign – and no Premier League defence has the antidote to his powerful poison right now.

It wasn’t always the case. Indeed, he only scored once in the league before February following his arrival from Lyon last summer.

But when Wilfried Bony left for Manchester City in January, Monk turned to his dreadlocked striker.

Bafetimbi Gomis has stepped up and filled the gap left by Wilfried Bony

Gomis has certainly repaid that faith and is the division’s hottest marksman. He may be 30 years old, but the France international is the man for the here and now and, with him spearheading their attack, it is not outlandish to suggest the Swans could sustain their top-four challenge.

Alongside him is Ayew. He, too, arrived on a free from Ligue 1 having been courted by the likes of Newcastle.

At 25 and seemingly in his peak, the former Marseille forward could yet rate as the best piece of summer business. His pass for Gomis’s winner was cunning and calculated, while his headed equaliser was all about force and determination.

Ayew has three goals to add to Gomis’s four and the Swans boast the most feared frontmen in the league on current form. How much did they cost again?

Andre Ayew (right) celebrates scoring Swansea's equaliser at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday afternoon

Monk has good habits…

On the subject of frees, Monk didn’t cost Swansea a penny either given his graduation from captain to coach to manager.

At just 36 he has a managerial maturity which belies his relatively tender years. He has a considered approach – never one to blow his top, but unlikely to blow his own trumpet either.

His passing principles are in keeping with the club’s philosophy and the players respect their young boss, evidenced by Jonjo Shelvey’s response to Monk’s criticism.

He has been mooted as a future England manager and he admits that is his ultimate goal – but for now he’s best off the other side of the border in south Wales.

Garry Monk is one of the youngest managers in the Premier League and has been touted for the England job

On the offensive…

There is certainly a freedom in the play of those who populate the Liberty Stadium.

As well as the impressive introduction of Ayew, the likes of Gylfi Sigurdsson, Jefferson Montero and Shelvey are terrorising opposition defences with their attacking intent.

Chelsea and United have found that to their cost already this season, proving that attack is often the best form of defence against the bigger clubs.

Gylfi Sigurdsson (centre) is one of the Swansea players who likes to get forward and attack

A word in your Shel…

Monk sat down with midfielder Shelvey during the summer and told him it was high time he grew up and started doing himself justice.

Four games in and the 23-year-old has done just that, winning a first England call-up in the process.

He is taking the initiative in games as Monk demanded, making the most of his undoubted ability to dictate a contest.

Thanks to Monk and the commitment of his player, Swansea have arguably the division’s most in-form midfielder.

Midfielder Jonjo Shelvey has earned a recall to the England squad after his good performances

Refusing to C-Ash in…

Ashley Williams was a rock at the heart of the defence against United, his challenge to deny Wayne Rooney a late equaliser the difference between one point and three.

He is 31 now and will probably see out his career with the club he joined some seven years ago.

But during that period they have resisted the overtures of Arsenal among others, preferring to build their team around the captain.

It is that sort of determination and forward-thinking which underlines just how well-run a club the Swans really are.