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Swansea City will land their second new signing of the summer next week when they complete a deal for midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo.

And the Real Betis ace could be joined by yet another Spanish Swan as the club closed in on a deal for Espanyol defender Jordi Amat.

The club are hopeful of bringing in 21-year-old Amat in a £2m switch after impressing in a breakthrough La Liga season while on loan at Rayo Vallecano last term.

But first Swansea will look to bring a conclusion to a six-month chase of Betis attacking talent Pozuelo, the 21-year-old is set to sign a three-year-deal in South Wales in the coming days.

Swansea will have to pay a fee of around £425,000 as part of a compensation package for the out-of-contract hot prospect.

But there appears nothing standing in the way of Pozuelo joining fellow former Betis teammate Jose Canas in South Wales.

Pozuelo – once targeted by Manchester United after first breaking through on the Spanish scene – had been caught up in a dispute with his club over his contract, Betis officials believing he had triggered an extension which would have priced Swansea out of a move.

The row was thought to be one of the reasons he found game time restricted this year as Betis qualified for the Europa League after a seventh-placed finish in La Liga.

But the player stood firm, claiming he was still free to leave – something the club agreed to after lengthy talks.

It is a big boost for Swansea who had been tracking the highly-rated youngster for some time, the Western Mail first revealing Michael Laudrup’s interest back in March.

Able to play in the most forward of the central three in Swansea’s system or as a second striker, Swansea hope he will increase the frontline options as they look to bolster their firepower for the coming campaign.

The priority for both club and Laudrup, though, remains a striker with the net cast far and wide in the hope of catching the No.9 style player needed.

There is still hope Lyon’s France international Bafetimbi Gomis can be that man, although the confidence of persuading the 27-year-old to make an £8m to South Wales was dented slightly yesterday after it emerged big-spending Monaco could be prepared to keep him in Ligue 1.

Swansea are weighing-up whether to enter with a second bid for young Standard Liege frontman Michy Batshuayi after an initial £2.57m offer for the 19-year-old was rejected, but it is thought he would be a back-up option rather than the frontline talent the club are seeking.

Swansea had lined up Anderlecht’s Congolese striker Dieumerci Mbokani as an option, a player who had been offered to Premier League clubs with the Belgian champions hoping to cash-in on the 27-year-old.

But while a four-year deal with Dyanamo Kiev has not yet been agreed and the potential to hijack the move still on, it is unclear whether Swansea would feel prepared to meet the £10m asking price.

With Swans chairman Huw Jenkins admitting transfer work was going on 24-hours at the Liberty ahead of the early Europa start (Swansea’s first game scheduled for August 1 – more than two weeks before the Premier League kicks off) and despite Laudrup’s prolonged absence from his Liberty desk, there remains a confidence of being able to deliver the striker to fit the profile the side needs.

And midfielder Jonathan de Guzman also looks increasingly likely to return to South Wales from Villarreal after his successful loan spell last term.

However, there is still a sense that the most important thing at the club is the ability to re-establish a long-term working relationship between Laudrup and Jenkins following the row over transfers involving the Dane’s agent, Bayram Tutumlu.

There are still concerns from inside the club over whether best intentions carry through into practice when put to the test, although the threat of losing the 49-year-old to stellar suitors at least eased yesterday with Laurent Blanc on the verge of being announced as Paris Saint-Germain boss which, in turn, will lead to Carlo Ancelotti’s confirmation as Real Madrid manager.