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Swansea manager Garry Monk has revealed Gylfi Sigurdsson has been playing through the pain barrier over the last few weeks after the Iceland star sustained a bruised foot.

Sigurdsson, who is eight assists and five goals this season, was substituted to allow Portuguese striker Nelson Oliveria to make his debut in the 1-1 draw against West Ham at the Liberty Stadium last Saturday.

With Wilfried Bony on the verge of his £28m move to Manchester City and currently away at the Africa Cup of Nations, the Swans will not want to lose the other half of the strike force who have served them so well in the first half of the season.

“Gylfi has not been training a lot over the last couple of weeks with a bruised foot so we have managed that,” revealed Monk.

“In terms of his sharpness and fitness, he has not been at his peak but he still dug in and gave a performance against West Ham.

“He is not playing at 100 per cent right now. He is still playing very well but we have to be mindful because he has missed days of training through the busiest period of the season.

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“We are looking to get him back to 100 per cent. Hopefully he can get a full week of training and we can go from there.”

Sigurdsson sealed a move back to Swansea during the summer as part of the deal which saw Ben Davies and Michel Vorm join Tottenham, who have also loaned Tom Carroll to the Liberty Stadium outfit for the season.

Carroll is hoping to keep his place in the starting line-up against leaders Chelsea next Saturday following a positive display against the Hammers alongside Leon Britton.

Carroll had more touches of the ball and completed more passes than any other Premier League player last weekend. The 22-year-old touched the ball 123 times and completed 99 passes during the 90 minutes which could not be matched by anyone else in the top flight.

With Ki Sung-Yueng currently away on international duty with South Korea at the Asia Cup and Jonjo Shelvey set to serve the last game of his four-match ban next weekend, Carroll and Britton are set to team up again next weekend where the duo could face the likes of Cesc Fabregas and Nemanja Matic.

“I thought I did well (against West Ham),” said Carroll.

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“I got on the ball and tried to make things tick.

“The football Swansea plays really suits me and I’m enjoying it at the moment.

“I’ve come here to play games so hopefully I can stay in the team now and push on.”

Carroll admitted Swansea were content with a draw against West Ham which has taken them to 30 points and ninth place in the Premier League table.

“I think a draw was a fair result,” he said. “Both teams could probably have won it towards the end but we’re happy with a point.

“We would have been delighted with all three and we could have won it late on because we finished the game strongly.

“We believe we can beat anyone at home so once we got the equaliser we immediately thought about pushing on for a winner, but it wasn’t to be.”