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Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins says Wilfried Bony will be kept in the loop should a ‘top, top’ Champions League club come calling.

Bony’s future has been under scrutiny this summer - with Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal and Everton among those named as potential suitors.

Swans chairman Jenkins and manager Garry Monk insist there has been no contact from other clubs yet.

But Jenkins said that should an acceptable offer come in for the 25-goal Ivory Coast star, the Board will have no hesitation in speaking with him about it.

“Wilfried Bony is first and foremost a fantastic guy to have around the club. He’s been a great professional with us,” said Jenkins.

“If a top, top Champions League club come in for him and put the right offer on the table, he knows full well we’ll be telling him about that. So there are no issues with Wilfried Bony.”

Transparency

Jenkins argued that transparency with players was part of the club’s philosophy which often helped them attract some of the brightest talent on the continent to South Wales in the first place.

“We are open. We have to be,” Jenkins told TalkSPORT. “As much as we want players to stick with us and for a number of years, we have got to be realistic about where we’re at and try to make sure we continue to bring good players into the club.”

Asked about the challenge faced in keeping hold of wanted players in the transfer window, Jenkins said there was a “fine line”.

“You don’t really want to be in a position where the player has the power and dictates where he goes,” he said.

“But with a club like Swansea there’s always a fine line in attracting young and upcoming players from across Europe who may want to start their career in the Premier League and Swansea could be the club for them.

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“Every so often there are cases where one or two players come in for a few seasons and move on, so you’ve got to make sure you get the right balance and make sure the club is attractive for players to come in.”

Jenkins also hinted the Swans may be about to conclude a couple of further deals in the coming days, Monk having been linked with a full-back. Arsenal’s Carl Jenkinson and Spurs’ Kyle Naughton are potential targets.

Jenkins said: “Most of our business is done. I think there are probably one or two things Garry Monk would like to see done which we will try to do over the next few days and then we’ll be quite settled and ready for the new season.

“The top six or seven sides really dictate the market and go after the best players and, probably quite rightly so, attract the top players with the salaries they pay and the size of clubs they are.

Stronger team

“But we do our best and try to make sure season-on-season we think on paper we’ve got a stronger team going out there to start the season with.

“There have been a lot of changes in respect to our club with Garry coming in as manager and his first full season in the Premier League.

“We are under no doubt it’s going to be a big task ahead but to be fair we have got Garry in charge with a young, enthusiastic staff with him and they’re looking forward to it and seeing what they can do.

“I think we have an exciting season to look forward to.

“Let’s be honest, you are up against some of the biggest teams in the world but a club like us you’ve always got to have the belief you can go to these games and pull off a win.

“You have got to have that instilled in you otherwise the Premier League can be a tough, tough place to play in.”

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