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Exclusive: Everton to offer Swansea star huge wages to make Goodison Park switch
EVERTON are ready to offer Swansea City’s £30million-rated playmaker Gylfi Sigurdsson £140,000 a week to move to Goodison Park this summer.
Swansea star Gylfi Sigurdsson's greatest hits
Relegation threatened Swansea are ready to cash in on the Iceland international after rejecting all offers for him following an impressive showing at Euro 2016 last summer.
Sigurdsson is keen on move on from South Wales even if Swansea are successful and maintain their Premier League status.
Everton boss Ronald Koeman tried to sign Sigurdsson after moving to Merseyside last year and has been keeping close eye on him all of this season.
Gylfi Sigurdsson is set to leave Swansea this summer
Ronald Koeman tried to sign the Swansea star last summer
He see’s Sigurdsson as an ideal replacement for Ross Barkley who is likely to move to Tottenham Hotspur before he goes into the last year of his current contract.
Newcastle United are also interested in Sigurdsson but Everton are in pole position with a huge offer which they will be unable to match.
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