Monday, 8th July, 2013
Swansea City appear ready to hand Vitesse Arnhem the biggest sale of their history, with the Welsh side poised to complete a deal worth up to €16m for Wilfried Bony, according to De Telegraaf.
Bony’s potential move to Swansea has been mooted for quite a while now, but negotiating a fee is proving more difficult than anticipated.
A €12m fee was initially speculated, but it appears that the Dutch side are expecting Swansea to front up €15m, with add-ons taking the price up by another million.
While it will hand Vitesse their record sale value – Nikos Machlas’ move to Ajax for €8.6m being the previous best – Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins is confident the terms can be agreed upon by later today.
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"As long as there is nothing signed, you cannot speak of an agreement", he told De Telegraaf. "But there’s only a few final details left and we want them resolved by [Monday] lunchtime.
"We have the last few items left to deal with, but that’s no problem. After that he will undergo a medical in Holland and then he can join the team."
Swansea are currently on their pre-season tour of Holland, which saw them pick up a 5-1 win over Dutch third-division side Excelsior Maassluis yesterday.
Bony has been desperate for a move to England, with clubs like Chelsea and Arsenal also in the mix previously, following a season that saw him emerge as the Eredivisie’s leading scorer.
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