Everton agree club record fee of £45m with Swansea for Gylfi Sigurdsson

Everton have at last reached an agreement with Swansea City to sign Gylfi Sigurdsson, who will move to Goodison Park for a club-record fee of £45m subject to having a medical on Wednesday. The agreement will come as a relief to the two clubs after extended talks and transactions that have gone on for over a month.

Swansea dismissed a few offers from Everton for Sigurdsson, with the Welsh club esteeming the 27-year-old at £50m, yet a bargain was in the long run gone after a player who was straightforwardly associated with 22 Premier League goals last season.

Gylfi Sigurdsson will undergo a medical on Wednesday before completing his move to Everton for £45m. Photograph: David Davies/PA

Sigurdsson was not some portion of the Swansea squad that drew 0-0 with Southampton on Saturday in their opening Premier League game and has not played a match since a pre-season game at Barnet on 12 July. His choice to haul out of the club's pre-season visit the next morning clarified his expectation to leave and incited Swansea to receive a solid position over the terms of his transfer.

Swansea will now press ahead with reinvesting the Sigurdsson cash by making their very own few signings, beginning with Wilfried Bony, who is relied upon to rejoin from Manchester City. The Ivorian had a massively effective spell at Swansea preceding moving to the Etihad Stadium and an arrangement on a basic level is accepted to be set up to take him back to the Liberty Stadium.

Nacer Chadli has been focused as a more straightforward trade for Sigurdsson, with the Belgium global quick to leave West Bromwich Albion after not as much as a year at the club.

Chadli joined Albion from Tottenham Hotspur for £13m last August – Swansea likewise demonstrated an enthusiasm for signing him at the time – however the Midlands club will be hoping to recover fundamentally more for the 28-year-old.

Joe Allen, another previous player, is additionally important to Swansea, yet that move appears to be profoundly improbable. Stoke are resolved to hold on to the Wales International, who was accessible to Swansea when he exited Liverpool in 2016, and there is no proposal that Allen has disturbed for a move.

In the mean time, Sigurdsson's inescapable entry has seen Gareth Barry finish his turn from Everton to West Bromwich Albion. The 36-year-old previous England midfielder, who missed Everton's opening Premier League match of the season against Stoke City due to a lower leg issue, has signed for the Baggies on an underlying one-year deal for an undisclosed fee.