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The chances of Swansea City re-igniting their interest in Nacer Chadli have taken a dent following Alan Pardew’s appointment as West Brom boss.

Pardew will take charge of the Baggies for the second time at the Liberty tomorrow, having succeeded Tony Pulis at the tail-end of November.

Swansea currently trail West Brom and safety by four points, but can cut that gap to just one if they can secure the spoils in SA1.

Belgium international Chadli will not be involved as he continues to recover from a thigh injury, and he has made just two appearances for The Hawthorns outfit so far this season.

He was one of the targets Swansea pursued during the summer as they sought creativity to replace Gylfi Sigurdsson following the Iceland international’s move to Everton.

However, the asking price of £26million as the summer window drew to a close was considered too steep for a player who started the season outside West Brom’s starting XI.

Head coach Paul Clement admits the 28-year-old fits the “right profile” the goal-shy Swans will seek in January as they look to find some guile and craft after scoring just eight goals in 15 top-flight games this season.

But he believes Chadli’s injury worries, and a fresh start under a new manager, may add to the degree of difficulty when it comes to a potential switch to the Liberty.

“I think he is the right profile, without talking specifically about him,” said Clement.

“He is a multi-position player. He can score, he can assist, he is decent on set-pieces. But it might prove difficult with him now.

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“He has not played, he has been injured and now he has got a new manager and a clean slate.”

In the past week Swansea have been linked with two full-backs in the former of Slavia Prague’s Jan Boril and Augsburg’s Daniel Opare.

Swansea are likely to look to recruit in that area in January, but Paul Clement was coy when a deal for Opare was put to him.

“The guys from our communication department wrote down a list of all the names we have been linked with, and it’s a good list!” said Clement.

“I am not going to comment on individual players, there are some good players on there, and there are some I have not heard of.

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“But the priority is the front positions, people who can create.

“We need one really good one, someone who is going to come in and make an immediate impact. Come straight into the starting side, but that’s not easy to find.

“Really good ones are at other clubs, and other clubs do not want to let them go. Maybe it will be two, but maybe not more than that.

“We want to do some deals earlier in January rather than later, otherwise it is another month and a half if it goes to the end of the window. We need to act on things quickly.

“This job is always about drilling down into the details that microscope with the one eye, and then the other eye is more of a telescope where you are looking into the future.

“You are spinning plates and you have to keep those things going.”