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Swansea City's new American owners-to-be Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan are in Wales together for the first time to put the final touches on their reported £100million takeover of the Premier League club.

The US investors have jetted into the country and travelled to the Liberty Stadium to 'dot the 'i's and cross the t's' on the deal, according to an impeccable source.

We have been told everything has been agreed in principle and it is just a question of finalising the paperwork with lawyers.

The last little details are expected to be thrashed out within hours after Levien and Kaplan passed the fit and proper person's test laid down by the Premier League hierarchy.

They should be formally unveiled as the Swans' new majority shareholders at some point on Thursday.

Levien has been in south Wales before to meet the outgoing Swans board, but this is the first time money-man Kaplan has also travelled over.

The exact detail of the takeover should become clearer when the official announcement involving the duo is made.

However, it has been widely speculated that the American group headed up by Levien and Kaplan will receive around a 60 per cent stake in the Swans.

They were originally seeking 70 per cent control, but the package was restructured.

Swansea Supporters' Trust will keep their 21.1 per cent shareholding and also retain their representation on the Board.

The Trust have been key players since the current Board took charge 14 years ago and led the rise from bottom of the League into the top flight.

The Trust released a statement on Monday night expressing disappointment at what they call a lack of engagement with the new owners over future working partnerships.

The share prices of the directors selling up have increased dramatically since the Swans first joined the elite under Brendan Rodgers in 2011.

Current chairman Huw Jenkins will remain in an executive role and will continue to oversee the day-to-day running of the Swans, whilst also maintaining part of his stake in the Liberty Stadium outfit.

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The Americans believe their own sporting expertise, coupled with the work of Jenkins, can take the Swans to even greater heights.

Levien is managing general owner of MLS side DC United. Kaplan is the executive vice-chairman of the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA.