I wondered why Bony wasn’t training with the Swans -
He was invited to work with the Exiles after an intervention by Welshman Ryland Morgans (former fitness coach at Swansea, Liverpool, Crystal Palace and Cardiff), who is an assistant for Ivory Coast.
'He asked how I was feeling after coming back from the African Cup,' added Bony, a £28m Manchester City signing in 2014.
'He asked me if I was training with Swansea. I said no, I asked them but the boss there said it was not the appropriate time for that for different reasons. I respect his decision.
'I continued to follow my programme. We were speaking and Ryland told me I can go to Newport - he knows the manager.
'I said why not - let me go there. It's one hour from Swansea so I started training with them.'