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Michael Laudrup is keen on an ambitious bid to lure fellow Dane Nicklas Bendtner to Swansea.

Laudrup has signed a two-year deal to manage the Welsh side, and has made a new striker a priority as he looks to build on the great work done by predecessor Brendan Rodgers at a club dubbed 'Bachelona' because of their Barca-like passing style.

Bendtner is surplus to requirements at Arsenal as Arsene Wenger has already drafted in Cologne and Germany striker Lukas Podolski for next season and is on the verge of also signing Montpellier and France hitman Olivier Giroud.

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Sunderland took Bendtner on loan for all of last season but the Denmark international revealed in April that he does not fancy a permanent move to Wearside.

The 24-year-old scored for his country in their 3-2 loss to Portugal at Euro 2012 on Wednesday, but landed in hot water by flashing underpants carrying an unauthorised sponsor's logo during his celebrations.