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Swansea City have not given up on landing former Spain and Juventus striker Fernando Llorente with the player now thought to be open to making a shock switch to the Liberty.

The Swans have been trailing the 31-year-old over the summer after identifying the Sevilla frontman as a potential attacking option for the fast-approaching new season.

And it looked as though they had been thwarted in their attempts to land the member of La Roja's World Cup and Europan Championship-winning squads after his brother claimed he wanted to stay at Sevilla and that he would snub Swansea's advances, as well as rival interest from the likes of Malaga and Italian giants Napoli.

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But it is understood that there was still hope of luring Llorente – part of the Sevilla squad that beat Liverpool to win the Europa League last season – despite the comments with work ongoing to make a deal happen.

And there are now suggestions in Spain that Llorente would be willing to take up the chance to move to the Premier League with it now between Swansea and Sevilla to come to an agreement over a fee.

It would represent another boost for Swansea after a difficult period in the transfer window where they lost out on midfielder Joe Allen before seeing captain Ashley Williams edge towards a £10m move to Everton.

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But the ongoing efforts to bring in Llorente come as Gylfi Sigurdsson committed his future to the club despite big-money interest in the Iceland No.10 this summer.

And there are still other striker targets on the table for Swansea as they seek to step-up their transfer business with less than two weeks to go before the new top-flight season kicks-off at Burnley on August 13.