Leicester are offering Gylfi Sigurdsson more money than Everton in an effort to persuade the midfielder to snub the Toffees.

The playmaker is set to leave Swansea this summer - with the Merseysiders understood to be leading the chase for Sigurdsson - while Tottenham are also keeping a watching brief regarding his future.

Leicester have a concrete interest in the 27-year-old, but for now they are outsiders in the race to land the Iceland international.

Leicester are offering Gylfi Sigurdsson more money than Everton in an effort to sign him

And Sportsmail has learned the Foxes have offered Sigurdsson a deal worth £125,000-per-week in a bid to lure the midfielder to the King Power Stadium.

The pay package is understood to be more lucrative than offered by Everton.

Nonetheless, the prospect of joining Ronald Koeman’s exciting project at Goodison Park is a hugely attractive proposition to Sigurdsson.

And to that mind, Leicester are trying to financially gazump Everton in their bid to land Sigurdsson.