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Paul Clement is ready to use his big club contacts to try and give Swansea City a January transfer window boost.

And the newly-installed Liberty Stadium manager has admitted he could make a cheeky bid for Bayern Munich’s German international Holger Badstuber.

Clement saw his side crash out of the FA Cup in his first official game in charge as the Swans went down to Hull, leaving the new boss fully focusing on his mission to keep the club in the Premier League.

And while he stressed he did not need an “influx” of new players because of the talent he believes he can get the most out of already at the Liberty, he did admit the club were ready to do business to improve key areas in his squad.

He has already discussed the transfer list left behind by predecessor Bob Bradley with a deal for PSV winger Luciano Narsingh ready to be made.

But Clement has insisted he would be ready to call on contacts made while serving as assistant manager at European heavyweights Bayern and Real Madrid to uncover “realistic” targets for this month’s spending.

Clement said: “Over the time I’ve worked I’ve established a lot of relationships and a large network of knowledge and across lots of different clubs.

“And, yes, that includes the clubs I’ve worked at. There are links with the recruitment department at Bayern who could help us, but that’s the period we’re in now where we have to act fast, make calls and contact because we want to see who will be good fits for us – but we also have to be realistic.”

Clement admitted he could make a cheeky bid for Bayern’s German international Holger Badstuber, but knows Swansea’s status suggests it may be too ambitious to make a move.

Excited fans did wonder whether Clement’s links with the Bundesliga giants and Real would see potential loan moves for out-of-favour players, but the suggestion is that the clubs could instead help point out other possible targets.

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He added: “I haven’t decided on centre-backs here, but you can take Badstuber as an example, a German national team player who has come through the ranks at Bayern. He’s not playing so much at the moment because Javi Martinez, Jerome Boateng and Mats Hummels are all ahead for him.

“You can think, ‘he could do a good job here’ but then you see him linked with Manchester City so then you have to ask if it’s a realistic target. There’s a reality of where we are, but we can tap contacts to help us look elsewhere.”

Clement has also shown willingness to work with the adapted recruitment process brought in at Swansea in attempt to avoid the failings if recent windows, including American data analyst Daniel Altman.

Clement revealed he has already received information from Altman – who he described as “an expert in his field” – and says he backs extra diligence in the transfer process.