Alan Curtis has suggested that he may try playing Franck Tabanou as a winger this weekend.
The Frenchman has played just once for Swansea City since arriving from AS Saint-Étienne in the summer, that in the League Cup against York City, with left-back Neil Taylor's form seeing him struggle to get into the team.
However, this weekend's FA Cup clash with Oxford United gives Curtis the perfect chance to rotate the squad ahead of a big game with Sunderland three days later, and Tabanou the perfect chance to prove his worth - with the manager saying that he could try him in a more advanced role.
Left-back to left-wing?
Speaking via Vital Football, Curtis revealed that he has sat down with Tabanou this week and spoke to him about his current situation.
The boss had "been watching video clips" of the player and saw a side of him he's not witnessed yet in South Wales. "He is going past people," Curtis explained, "beating two or three players and smashing it in from 30 yards."
Thus, when he sat down with the 26-year-old, he had to ask who the player is he's been watching videos of, as he hasn't "seen that fella before."
Former manager Garry Monk didn't use Tabanou in his team "for whatever reason," with Curtis thinking that it is perhaps because of the "form" of Taylor. However, the new boss, who was given a contract until the end of the season earlier this week, believes that "they can both play in the same team."
"We have always thought of Franck as a full-back," he conceded, before admitting they could "play him further on."
"You look at the clips and he could be anything."
Tabanou raring to go
Ahead of the Oxford clash, Curtis confirmed that Tabanou "will play" as "he needs games" - adding that "he could be virtually a new signing" for Swansea this month.
The manager has been impressed with the player's work-rate recently despite his lack of chances in the team. He's been doing plenty of "fitness work" and has pushed himself "really hard in the last couple of weeks," Curtis said, which has given him something to think about.
He believes that, "mentally," Tabanou has been "invigorated" since the change in manager, saying "sometimes it works that way."
He clearly has reason to as well, because Curtis is convinced that the player "could play a huge part" in this team and that he has "certainly got the ability" to do so - something Monk perhaps didn't believe.