Owners Ninth Floor plc have been looking to ditch the Swans for months. But, according to a source near the new consortium, they are about to slash pounds 2.5m off the asking price.

The insider said: "Neil McClure met with the person interested and the talks were very amicable. It seems the sale price could be reduced from pounds 3m to around pounds 500,000.

"It is good news for Swansea if he does become involved because he's pledged over £1m for squad strengthening."