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Federico Fernandez says he is considering his future at Swansea City and admits he would welcome the chance to continue to play at the highest level following relegation from the Premier League

The centre-half, who skippered the Swans for the majority of last season, has been the subject of interest from Russian Premier League side Krasnodar FC .

Clubs in his homeland are also understood to be interested as the 29-year-old seeks to revive his international career with Argentina.

Fernandez, who has two years left on his contract, featured for Graham Potter's men in their pre-season friendly victory over Yeovil on Tuesday night, appearing as a half-time substitute.

When asked about his future, the former Napoli man insisted no decision has been taken over whether he will remain a Swansea player, but strongly hinted he would welcome the chance to play top-flight football.

"It’s early in the window and that means I don’t want to say yes or no," said Fernandez when asked if he would remain a Swansea player.

"I will know more in the next few weeks, but I will continue to train hard and if someone will come in for me or not, we will see later. I’m working with the new manager and then we will see what happens.

"It has been a difficult summer for the club and the city but everyone has freshened up and are ready to go again.

"Krasnodar are one of the teams interested. I need to analyse that and other options have come in as well.

"The club (Krasnodar) are very interested in me and we will have to see what happens with the window. Of course I have a contract with Swansea and that’s why I’m here and working hard. But if they want me to come then of course I want to play at the highest level.

"I can’t say anything about the other options. None of them are 100 per cent concrete so I need to wait."

Swansea are expected to lose Alfie Mawson this summer, while West Brom are in talks over a move to sign Kyle Bartley and Real Betis have shown interest in a permanent move for Jordi Amat.

All of which means four of Swansea's five senior centre-halves are the subject of transfer interest from other clubs.

But Fernandez expects the picture to become clearer for he and others once the World Cup finishes and a host of international players return to club duty.

"It’s part of the window. Some of the players have options to consider, but I repeat we must wait one more week until the end of the World Cup," he said.

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"After that everything will be more clear for the club and they can decide their future there."

Goals from Yan Dhanda and Matt Grimes helped the Swans recover from a goal down to taste victory in their first pre-season fixture.

And Fernandez, while seemingly heading for a Swansea exit, was positive about the impact the younger members of Potter's squad might be able to make in the Championship.

"The idea of the club is to mix the younger players with some of the more experienced guys. The club are building from there," he said.

"There is a lot of work to do. Now the young guys have their chance because in the last two years they have been working very hard to get into the first team.

"This year will be a good chance to see them involved and I hope they show their quality and we can do well."