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Swansea City skipper Ashley Williams joined his manager Garry Monk in imploring Bafetimbi Gomis not to follow Wilfried Bony out of the Liberty Stadium.

Bony is on the verge of completing a move to Manchester City with Gomis lined up as his replacement. The French forward, who joined Swansea on a free transfer in the summer from Lyon, has revealed there are clubs interested in signing him during this January transfer window.

But after watching Gomis help Swansea salvage a 1-1 draw against West Ham with his header going in via Hammers midfielder Mark Noble, Williams urged Gomis to stay with Swansea.

“He has been good the last few weeks and has shown what he is all about,” said Williams.

“We like Bafi. It has been a bit difficult coming in, under Wilf. He has had to be very patient. I would hope that he stays with the club.

“I thought he had another good game against West Ham. He has shown what he is all about in the last two weeks. It’s his time to shine and he did.

“You just look at his work rate, his hold up play and the way he attacks the box.

“He is a very clever player and difficult to compete against in training. I have no concerns about him.”

Williams celebrated his 300th game for Swansea against West Ham in a career that at one time included breaking the club record of most consecutive appearances by an outfield player when he played 169 matches in a row.

“I’m happy I have got to that (300 games),” added Williams.

“It’s just about trying to stay healthy and get some more games under my belt.

“I’m happy when I look back over my career I will have played a lot of football.

“I’m just fortunate I have played a lot of games.

“There are some players who don’t get that chance because they cant stay healthy for whatever reason.

“But I try to look after myself outside of the training ground and I want to keep things going.

“I will try to keep putting myself in a position where the manager picks me.

“Hopefully there are a lot of games to come.”

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Williams regretted not being able to commemorate his milestone with a victory after seeing Andy Carroll score a wonder strike.

“It’s a bit frustrating drawing at home,” admitted the Wales captain.

“It’s unbelievable Andy scored a goal out of nothing. It was a good goal from him and he’s a good player.

“I think we played well and did enough to win the game.

“We had a lot more chances than them.

“We passed the ball well, kept the tempo high and there was a period in the first half when we didn’t do it.”

Williams’ 301st game is set to be against league leaders Chelsea when Jose Mourinho’s men arrive at the Liberty Stadium next Saturday.

“We know it is going to be a difficult game as it always is against the top teams,” added Williams.

“I thought we played well against them up there, especially in the first half and we can take hope from that.

“We can watch that game back and see what we did there. We will go into the game with confidence and try to attack it.”

Williams is preparing for a battle royal against Brazilian born Spanish striker Diego Costa who scored in last weekend’s 2-0 victory against Newcastle at Stamford Bridge.

“He’s a good player, obviously a different threat to Andy Carroll, but as dangerous,” said Williams.

“We will need to keep an eye on him and hopefully this time we can shut him out.”