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Joe Allen: Wales midfielder eyes Premier League return with Swansea City

Wales midfielder Joe Allen still has ambitions to return to the Premier League having rejoined Swansea City.

Allen, 32, is preparing for a fifth straight season of Championship football after returning to Swansea from Stoke City this summer.

But the former Liverpool player believes he can get back to the highest level with Swansea, a club he initially joined as a nine-year old.

"That [ambition] is still there," Allen said.

"To do it with this club is what I want and what everyone in that dressing room wants.

"I think that's certainly the ultimate target, but having said that, probably bar two, three, four teams in this division, I think everyone else has the same target.