Get the latest Swans news sent straight to your inbox Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email

Swansea City winger Jefferson Montero is set to spend the rest of the season on loan with Ecuadorian outfit Emelec as talks over a sub-loan from Spanish side Getafe near conclusion.

The 28-year-old featured just 14 times in all competitions for the Swans last term and was allowed to head to Spain to join the La Liga for the duration of the 2017-18 campaign.

But Montero has made just four appearances totalling 95 minutes for the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez outfit, failing to score a single goal for the club and had been told by the club hierarchy that he had no part to play over the remainder of the campaign.

The Spanish club sought permission from Swansea to allow them to send the winger to Emelec, the Ecuadorian club where he started his career, which has been granted.

The Ecuadorian Serie A side confirmed the deal on their official Twitter account but it is understood the move is not yet done with paperwork and international clearance still to be secured.

The move will not see the financial terms of the loan change, Swansea will pay the same percentage of the player's wages as they would have done had he remained at Getafe.

Montero was not able to return to Swansea before moving to Emelec as he would have had to be recalled during the January window under the terms of his loan.

Montero - recently revealed how he was injured for a year-and-a-half during his time at the Liberty Stadium - started his professional career with Emelec before joining Independiente Valle in 2008 where he spent one season.

He then signed for Villarreal in 2009 before signing for Morelia in 2012 via loan spells with Levante and Real Betis.

The wideman has made 72 appearances for the Swans in all competitions since moving to South Wales in 2014.

He is contracted to the club until the summer of 2020.