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Swansea City and Tottenham target Christian Benitez has been given special permission to negotiate his exit by Club America.

The Mexican champions had told Benitez that he needed to sort his future out by June 30 or return for pre-season, but due to the advanced stage of negotiations with an unnamed club, the 27-year-old has had this period extended.

Ecuador international Benitez previously had a brief, up-and-down spell in the Premier League with Birmingham City.

But since returning to Mexico, the livewire forward has flourished, netting 30 goals last season as his side ran out winners of the Clausura.

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Swansea's search for a centre forward has seen them enter into talks with Vitesse Arnhem's Wilfried Bony and Bafetimbi Gomis of Olympique Lyonnais.