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Swansea City look set to allow goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel return to Germany with the League Cup-winning stopper said to be close to a move to Werder Bremen.

Tremmel, who played every game of the Swans’ Capital One Cup triumph in 2013, was released by the club at the end of last season having failed to agree a new contract.

But, despite signing Sweden international Kristoffer Nordfeldt as back-up to No.1 Lukasz Fabianski, Garry Monk surprisingly offered the 37-year-old a short-term deal to serve as third choice, citing his experience and influence around the squad.

Tremmel has not played a minute this season, although has sat on the bench in cup games when Nordfeldt has started, and it now looks as though he will get the chance to move back to the Bundesliga with several reports in Germany claiming he is in talks over a move to Bremen with goalkeeping coach Christian Vander adding he expects the deal to be completed in time for the weekend.

Vander told German sports paper Bild: “He is one with whom we have spoken. By the end of the week we are to have the new man in training with us. He can sit on the bench on Saturday against Hertha Berlin.

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Tremmel is wanted with Bremen No.2 Michael Zetterer injured until the summer and Raphael Wolf requiring a hip injury leaving Felix Wiedwald as the club’s only senior goalkeeper as they look to avoid the drop from the German top-flight.

A former Bayern Munich scholar, Tremmel last played in the Bundesliga for Cottbus before joining Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg, signing for Swansea in 2011 following a trial spell. He has made 52 appearances during his time in South Wales, including that 5-0 Wembley win over Bradford that saw the club lift their first major English trophy.