Swindon Town are frustrated that the Saidou Khan transfer saga is continuing to drag on after he made it clear he wanted to leave.

Khan has not been involved during Town’s opening three games of the season after he made it clear that he saw his future away from the club, something they were happy to accommodate.

Despite there having been interest in the midfielder over the course of the summer, he is yet to find a route out of Swindon with one week of the transfer window remaining.

Mark Kennedy said that it has been frustrating that so far no resolution has been found despite both parties pursuing a separation.

He said: “Sads’ is a really frustrating situation for him and for us, because he wants to leave, we are happy for him to leave and we have come to a mutual agreement.

“As a head coach I am out of that circle as I am not one of these people that wants to know everything, be part of every phone call, and everything that is going on; just tell me when someone is coming in and tell me then someone is leaving.

“All of the other stuff in between is just really fluffy and it either gets you excited or angry.

“I am guessing that he is trying desperately hard with his agent to get out.

“We, as a club, are really frustrated that it has not happened yet because from our point of view, we feel there could have been a solution very quickly but I can’t, and I never would, force someone to go somewhere, they have to be happy.

“We have had people ring up and they [Khan and his agent] have said no.”

With just one week remaining in the window, there is a chance that nothing gets done before September and Khan remains a Swindon player but Kennedy said he would cross that bridge when he comes to it.

He said: “It is a brilliant question but it is completely hypothetical and I don’t want to waste energy on it when we have to wait for the process to finish and I promise you then I will answer the question.

“There are multiple things that could happen so I think it would be unfair to answer that when I could go into a meeting in two minutes and they could say, ‘Sads has agreed to go to so and so.’”