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Swansea City have agreed a swap deal with Aston Villa that will see Neil Taylor and £5 million leaving the Liberty and Jordan Ayew heading in the opposite direction.

Sources in the midlands believe a basic deal is now in place between the two clubs with just personal terms left to agree.

Although a straight swap deal had been suggested earlier this week, Swansea are now set to offer a fee in addition to Taylor, a figure believed to be in the region of £5m.

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Swansea manager Paul Clement is known to be keen to add to his attacking options, and Ghana forward Ayew could well fit the bill.

A familiar name to Swans fans after his older brother André had a successful spell with the club last season.

Jordan Ayew joined Villa at the start of last season and has played 58 times for Steve Bruce's side, scoring 10 goals in the process.

However, this season he has managed just three goals in 22 appearances and Bruce seems happy to let him depart in return for securing Taylor's services.

Ayew is currently away on national duty with Ghana at the Africa Cup of Nations where he scored on Sunday night to take his side into the semi-finals later this week.

It is possible that Ayew could fly into the country later tonight to complete his medical.

Taylor has fallen down the Liberty Stadium pecking order since Paul Clement's £4m signing of Swedish left-back Martin Olsson from Norwich earlier this month. With Stephen Kingsley also an option at left-back, the Wales international has found opportunities harder to come by in a season when many fans have singled him out for criticism.

Ayew would become Clement's fourth January signing after the capture of Olsson, Tom Carroll and Luciano Narsingh.