EXCLUSIVE: Swansea agree deal to sign Ghana winger Joseph Opoku from Zulte Waregem

[p]The 20-year-old has completed his medicals and signed all contracts in Austria, where head coach Vítor Matos’s squad are currently based for a pre-season training camp.[/p][p]The Ghanaian joins the Championship on an initial four-year deal with an option to extend by a further year.[/p][p]Swansea will pay Zulte Waregem around €6M but the fee could rise above €7M depending on add-ons, which includes Premier League promotion and Black Stars call-ups.[/p][p]The official announcement is expected to be on Thursday before he offifically joins the team to train during their pre-season camp.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/opoku-joseph/tQQQ5ohm/"]Opoku[/a] is set to become [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/swansea/K6xezbY7/"]Swansea[/a]’s fifth summer signing following the earlier arrivals of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/celtic/QFKRRD8M/"]Celtic[/a] defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/welsh-stephen/KveL0z0M/"]Stephen Welsh[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/salzburg/Olvehxrl/"]Red Bull Salzburg[/a] winger [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yeo-moussa/80rQviC2/"]Moussa Yeo[/a], Elijah Just from Scottish Premiership side Motherwell, and Finnish midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/walta-leo/t6VubL4D/"]Leo Walta[/a].[/p][embed guid="a13399ef-559b-4fc8-8b05-33cda68382a9" url="https://x.com/_owurakuampofo/status/2079363661177692635?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Swansea beat significant competition to secure Opoku’s signature. Fellow Championship side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hull-city/S66R0t75/"]Hull City[/a], Italian Serie A club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/genoa/d0PJxeie/"]Genoa[/a], Turkish Süper Lig side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/trabzonspor/MmsYDc03/"]Trabzonspor[/a], Russian outfit [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/krasnodar/dz6KeNj3/"]Krasnodar[/a] and Spanish La Liga club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-sociedad/jNvak2f3/"]Real Sociedad[/a] had all shown concrete interest in the winger following his standout 2025/26 campaign in Belgium.[/p][p]Opoku joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/waregem/jPDfAdyT/"]Zulte Waregem[/a] in August 2024 from Ghanaian side Great Corinthians FC on a two-year contract, having first impressed the club’s technical team during a trial. He played a starring role as the club won the 2024/25 Challenger Pro League title and secured promotion to the Belgian Pro League.[/p][p]His performances also earned him a contract extension in July 2025, tying him to the club for two additional years with an option for two more.[/p][image alt="Joseph Opoku's career stats" id="234b0e36-5524-4d86-8624-289d2d3169a8" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="684b353a-4b40-467c-8d99-c375b4ef0ff3" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]His breakout campaign followed. Across the 2025/26 season, Opoku registered 10 goals and 16 assists. His performances were recognised with the Jupiler Pro League Player of the Month award for April 2026.[/p][p]Matos, the Portuguese head coach appointed by Swansea in November 2025 on a four-year contract, is understood to be a particular admirer of the winger’s profile likening the Ghanaian to Sadio Mane.[/p][p]The former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] elite development coach has spoken publicly about the club’s pursuit of technical, high-intensity, direct wide players who fit into his preferred possession-based system. Opoku, right-footed and predominantly a left winger, matches that profile.[/p][p]Internationally, the winger made the breakthrough into the senior [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ghana/nNBjHale/"]Ghana[/a] national team earlier this year, facing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mexico/O6iHcNkd/"]Mexico[/a] in May and was later included in Carlos Queiroz’s preliminary squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[/p][p]He did not, however, make the final 26-man squad for the tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.[/p][p]Swansea’s summer business has been shaped around a broader squad rebuild under Matos, who guided the Swans to an 11th-placed finish in the Championship last season after taking over from Alan Sheehan in November.[/p][p]The club are targeting a more competitive 2026/27 campaign, which begins with a Championship trip to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/stoke-city/hSUajdSS/"]Stoke City[/a] on Saturday, August 15.[/p][image alt="Owuraku Ampofo" id="345f5fd0-6a26-4f45-8078-6462582c5da7" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="2816aa77-c928-4369-a020-c585c27ccee6" original-width="1200" original-height="381" /]