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Gylfi Sigurdsson: Swansea reject £40m bid from Everton for Iceland midfielder

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Gylfi Sigurdsson is currently training with Swansea's under-23 side

Swansea City have rejected a £40m bid from Premier League rivals Everton for Iceland international Gylfi Sigurdsson.

The Swans want £50m for the 27-year-old, who scored nine goals last season.

Sigurdsson did not travel with the club for their summer tour of the United States, and has since been training with their under-23 side.

Monday's offer is the first Everton have made for the midfielder, while Leicester City have also made an unsuccessful bid for him this summer.

The Toffees have already signed goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, defenders Cuco Martina and Michael Keane, midfielder Davy Klaassen and forwards Wayne Rooney and Sandro Ramirez.

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  • Comment posted by The Donald, at 22:05 24 Jul 2017

    £40mill for Sigurdson is only shocking if you can't grasp basic maths.

    Rightly or wrongly, there is now an unfathonable amount of money in football. If the Swans go down, we will lose roughly £100mill and possibly never return.

    So, even at £40mill, we cannot afford to let him go.

  • Comment posted by Alexandre LackOfThreat, at 21:48 24 Jul 2017

    Everton can easily afford £50m after the Lukaku sale, however you can understand why Swansea are reluctant to sell; they have no need and Sigurdsson is invaluable to them.

  • Comment posted by Sue Denim, at 22:18 24 Jul 2017

    Royal Blue Mersey website:

    "Swansea City are perfectly entitled to asking for whatever price they choose in the case of Gylfi Sigurdsson. Everton are perfectly entitled to walk away."

    Sums it up perfectly. If Barkley is worth £50m, Siggi is worth much more. He's worth £50m to Swansea, want him? Pay the price. There has been no transfer request and the club don't want to sell, hence the price

  • Comment posted by WePrintItUK, at 06:25 25 Jul 2017

    Funny how Everton value Barkley so highly at £50m with only a year left on his contract yet many think Swansea are crazy for holding out for £50m for their star player who has 3 years left and is a far superior player to Barkley in every department. Spurs would be better off re-signing Siggy than going anywhere near Barkley or Everton should offer £30m plus Barkley or he goes for free next year!

  • Comment posted by Honestnow, at 22:39 24 Jul 2017

    This is a good thing for the PL. The less wealthy teams are not so easy bullied by the wealthy clubs thanks to the PL money. It's all crazy prices - yes, but it's helped even the playing field somewhat as teams are not in such need of money, knowing know they'll get £100M+ just from being in the PL.
    If more teams stood up to the rich clubs we'd have a more competitive league.

  • Comment posted by MoonInUranus, at 22:18 24 Jul 2017

    Ladies and Gentlemen, this madness will only stop when we vote with our feet - stop paying for Sports channels, stop buying replica kit that costs £5 to make but retails at £50, stop paying £50+ to watch games and stop treating footballers like they're some sort of deities.

    Rich sugar daddies aside, the money being spent is yours, how is it so few seem to understand?

  • Comment posted by JACKONE, at 21:47 24 Jul 2017

    @ 2 and 6

    Stats
    2014/15 7 Goals, 10 Assists.
    2015/16 11 Goals, 3 Assists.
    2016/17 9 Goals, 13 Assists.

    If Everton want him they should pay the £50m, if not they should leave him alone.

  • Comment posted by Patrick Gibbons, at 21:56 24 Jul 2017

    I genuinely hope Everton don't up their offer. Someone has to stop this utter madness.

  • Comment posted by bhbhbh, at 21:35 24 Jul 2017

    When a 9-goal a season, Swansea midfielder, aged 27, is worth more than £40 million, you know the world has gone insane.

  • Comment posted by Andyev, at 21:34 24 Jul 2017

    Hurry up and get the deal done for goodness sake! We all know Everton want him so just pay the £50m

  • Comment posted by Bomber, at 21:46 24 Jul 2017

    Staying up in the Premier league is worth £90 million, so Siggy is worth £50 to the Swans. Is he worth £50 million to Everton? Only if he can keep them in Europe. That is the reality of the valuation.

  • Comment posted by TARW, at 06:20 25 Jul 2017

    Swansea do not want to sell him, but if Everton want him badly 50m is the price. Seems simple enough to me

  • Comment posted by Parish87, at 09:49 25 Jul 2017

    Leicester: "We'll give you £40m for Sigurdsson'l

    Swansea: "Nah mate"

    Everton: "How about £40m though?!"

    Swansea: "..."

  • Comment posted by DMT, at 07:03 25 Jul 2017

    There is something quite comforting about these so called ' smaller ' clubs turning down £40 Million offers for their players. It's a good thing . Sigurdsson is their player, under contract, and the days when they immediately lost players just because a bigger club click their fingers have gone. Swansea will be using the new Lukaku / Walker price formula to guide them in this matter.

  • Comment posted by Itsonlymyopinion, at 06:53 25 Jul 2017

    Sig is one of the most consistent performers in the PL and has contributed hugely to Swansea and their continued PL status. Everton know this and are trying to get him on the cheap and improve a mediocre team who are trying to recreate their successes from decades gone by. Swansea stick to your guns, he's worth every penny of £50m!

  • Comment posted by Drifting Rorke, at 06:43 25 Jul 2017

    When the Premier League is in tatters and half of it's clubs are bankrupt, we'll be able to look back to this summer and say that this is when it happened... TV money has made this sort of thing the norm. Sky pump in money then put up prices to cover the cost, revenue falls as streaming increases and the money paid to the clubs falls as a result. Clubs can't cope and go to the wall... Lights Out

  • Comment posted by Pitchpole, at 22:35 24 Jul 2017

    This is the view from Sigurdsson's house. Why would you want to move?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/nature/sites/surfing/pages/sw_three_cliffs.shtml

  • Comment posted by U16683309, at 21:59 24 Jul 2017

    Do what Liverpool have done with van dijk and keita!

    Get one to train alone and the other to heavily foul his team mate

  • Comment posted by Them, at 11:00 25 Jul 2017

    Gonna be hard for Everton when everyone knows they just won the lotto by selling lukaku

  • Comment posted by HMMurdoch, at 15:03 25 Jul 2017

    @164: EFC are not a small club. You're confused by the difference between a big club and a wealthy club. EFC are now both again after nearly 30 years of financial struggles. EFC were know as the 'Mersey Millionaires' and regularly competed with other top teams for the best players in the country. Football did not start in 1992.

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