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Swansea City are eyeing up a shock move for Celtic’s former Cardiff City star Adam Matthews.

And it is thought the Wales full-back would be keen to make the move to his hometown team as Garry Monk seeks to make his final moves in the transfer market ahead of the new season.

Boss Monk admitted after the 3-1 warm-up win over Reading he was keen to bring in as many as three further new recruits before the window closes at the end of the month.

And with a full-back is high on the agenda, 22-year-old Matthews is thought to have been identified by the club as a potential target to compete with Angel Rangel and Neil Taylor.

Matthews has two years left on his Celtic Park deal, the 12-cap international making a Bosman switch to the Scottish giants in 2011 having been controversially frozen out by the Bluebirds.

And he could be available in a £2m deal with Celtic mindful of the financial cost of their impending Champions League exit following their 4-1 first-leg qualifying defeat to Legia Warsaw.

Swansea-born Matthews – who was at the Swans as a schoolboy before being snapped up by Cardiff – has been admired by the club’s scouting team for some time after impressing with the Bhoys.

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And it is thought the player would be open to the idea of returning to his boyhood team which would see him join a select list of stars to have represented both clubs in the South Wales rivalry.

Monk had been interested in securing a deal for Tottenham’s Kyle Naughton but Swansea are thought to be wary at the fee Spurs are demanding as well as the wages the player is seeking.

And it remains to be seen whether he will want to push ahead with a deal for Matthews as he weighs up his transfer priorities in the final weeks of pre-season.

Swansea had also been linked with a move for Matthews’ Celtic teammate Virgil van Dijk but it is likely that Monk would have to move out players before spending £6m on the centre-back, Chico Flores likely to be given the nod to start the season despite interest from Deportivo La Coruna and former boss Michael Laudrup who is eyeing recruits for new club, Qatari champions Lekhwiya.

A deal for former loan star Jonathan de Guzman could still be on the cards but with the World Cup ace mulling over interest from elsewhere Swansea could focus their interest on Southampton’s Jack Cork.

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