De Vries has had two successful seasons at the Liberty Stadium

Manager Roberto Martinez says Swansea are keeping their goalkeeping options open with Dorus De Vries' future at the Liberty Stadium in doubt.

"We're following a lot of players, as a club with a limited budget we have to," said Martinez, who has been linked with Tom Heaton and Dimi Konstantopoulos.

"There are probably five keepers we are keen on, you can't limit yourself.

"We've had two great seasons with [out-of-contract] Dorus and there's nothing definite, sometimes you need time."

Linfield's Alan Mannus, Scunthorpe's Joe Murphy, Falkirk's Dani Mallo, Birmingham's Colin Doyle and Hamilton's Tomas Cerny are other keepers that have been linked to the Swans.

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Swansea snapped up Dutchman De Vries, 28, on a free transfer from Dunfermline in the summer of 2007.

He was originally brought in as competition for Willy Gueret, but the Frenchman left on the eve of the 2007/8 campaign.

That left De Vries the only senior stopper and he was ever-present as the Swans ran away with the League One title.

He started this season again as the only senior keeper, but was sidelined for a month after suffering a fractured cheekbone in the 0-0 draw with Queens Park Rangers in October.

Former Greece Under-21 international Konstantopoulos was brought in as cover and almost joined permanently to challenge De Vries for his place, but missed the transfer deadline.

Meanwhile, Swansea have pulled out of the race to sign Hamilton midfielder James McCarthy.

The club had been keen to recruit the 18-year-old PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year, but Martinez admits McCarthy is out of of his price range.

"Right now, James McCarthy would be an impossible task for us financially," Martunez told the South Wales Evening Post.

Celtic and Portsmouth have both had bids for McCarthy rejected in the past month.

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