Ryan Bennett was on his way for contract talks at Swansea before making his dramatic late move to Norwich City on transfer deadline day.

The Swans had yet to agree a fee with Peterborough when their Premier League rivals pounced for Bennett, who signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at Carrow Road on Tuesday night.

The England Under-21 international told The Posh Player: "Swansea were interested and I had to make my way down there because of the 11 o'clock deadline.

"I got near Windsor then got the phone call to turn around. That's football and it's something I had to deal with."

The undisclosed fee paid by Norwich surpassed the record £2.5million Peterborough secured from Brighton for Craig Mackail-Smith last summer.

Bennett will also stay at London Road on loan until the end of this month while Posh boss Darren Ferguson looks for a replacement.

"I don't think it's sunk in yet really," Bennett added.

"It feels like I'm still a Peterborough player and I'll continue to play as I have been and try not to think about the move I've got now.

"It's up to me to go out there and play well for the next month because a lot of people are going to be looking at me thinking 'Is his head there?' It's up to me to prove that it is.

"Peterborough is a club I've really come to love. But it's a move I couldn't turn down.

"I'm sad to go but it's something I had to do."