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Swansea are set for talks with former Bayern Munich assistant coach Willy Sagnol as they hunt a successor to Carlos Carvalhal.

The Welsh club have already spoken to former Crystal Palace boss Frank De Boer in a surprise move.

Now they are ready to speak to 41-year-old Sagnol after the highly-decorated ex-defender threw his hat into the ring.

Sagnol, 41, clinched 58 caps for France, the title in France with Monaco and lifted five titles and the Champions League with Bayern.

The former France defender Sagnol has also managed Bordeaux and been the head coach of his country’s Under-21 team where he pushed the claims of Manchester United winger Anthony Martial, then a Monaco reserve.

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His last job was as assistant to Carlo Ancelotti at Bayern before the ex-Chelsea boss was sacked last year.

De Boer was sacked by Palace after just ten weeks last September. He’d led the club to four defeats in their opening four games with a goal. It led to suggestions the celebrated former defender would struggle to get another job in football.

Palace feared they would be relegated had he stayed and opted for Roy Hodgson who kept them up. Swansea, who have a number of Dutch players in their squad, are believed to have spoken to De Boer last weekend along with his compatriot Jaap Stam.

Stam, 45, led Reading to the Championship play-off final in 2017, his first season in charge.

The ex-Manchester United and Holland defender was sacked in March, however, after a poor run of form.

Graham Potter, boss of Ostersunds, is also in the frame as a serious contender following his success guiding the club from the Swedish lower leagues to European football.