Swansea head coach Paul Clement has revealed Gylfi Sigurdsson is close to joining Everton and expects a deal to be finalised by the end of the week.
Sigurdsson has been heavily linked with a move away from Swansea after enjoying a sublime campaign for Clement’s men last term.
The Iceland international was left out of Swansea’s pre-season tour of America to work on securing a move away from the club and now Clement has revealed a £45m switch to Everton is imminent.
“Talks are still going on and hopefully we are going to get some news in the next couple of days,” Yahoo quotes Clement as saying.
“The deal needs to be best for all parties involved, we have got a very, very important season coming up. We know what happened last season if you don’t make a good start and we don’t want that to happen again.”
Everton have already spent nearly £100m on transfers this summer but Ronald Koeman isn’t looking to reign in the club’s spending spree just yet, with three more arrivals, including Sigurdsson, planned.
The 27-year-old has established himself as a set-piece expert in the Premier League. In fact, no player created more chances from set-piece situations in England’s top-flight last term than the Swansea ace (43).
