Paul Clement has insisted striker Wilfried Bony did not return to Swansea to play a bit-part.
The 28-year-old Ivory Coast international, who scored 34 goals in 70 appearances during his first spell in south Wales, signed for the club for a second time in August two and a half years after leaving in a £28million move to Manchester City.
He has figured only three times for the Swans to date since his £12million return and started for the first time in Tuesday night's 2-0 Carabao Cup victory at Reading, but Clement is confident he will make a major impact once again as the club attempt to cope with the dual loss of Fernando Llorente and Gylfi Sigurdsson.