Saturday 29 July 2017 19:07, UK
Paul Clement has told Sky Sports News he wants a "quick resolution" on Gylfi Sigurdsson's future at Swansea.
The midfielder was left out of the Swans first-team squad for the 2-0 pre-season victory over Birmingham on Saturday due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding his future.
Sigurdsson, who also missed the club's tour of the United States earlier this month, has been the subject of two failed bids from Everton, with the latest offer worth up to £45m.
"We still want a quick resolution," Clement told Sky Sports News. "The deadline's imminent. There's going to be a resolution to this situation in the very near future.
"It's certainly not going to go to the end of the window, no way."
Swansea have previously insisted they will not be "bullied" into selling Sigurdsson and have placed a £50m valuation on the Iceland international.
Sigurdsson is yet to tell Swansea that he wants to leave the club, leaving Clement hopeful that the 27-year-old will remain at the Liberty Stadium.
"No, he hasn't said that (he wants to go), but he has ambitions and I understand those ambitions," Clement said.
"We rate him very highly and we want him to stay. But at the same time, if another club wants him they have to pay what the club feels is the right valuation for the player.
"We're either going to get the valuation we want which will enable us to reinvest and improve in the team, or he stays and we manage to keep a very good player."
