Paul Clement set for Swansea as Bayern confirm Carlo Ancelotti's No.2 given permission to speak to discuss move
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Paul Clement is set to be named as Swansea manager, after Bayern Munich confirmed he has been given permission to speak to the Welsh club.
The Swans made Carlo Ancelotti's assistant their No.1 choice to replace Bob Bradley, after parting company with the American following the 4-1 loss to West Ham on Boxing Day.
Now Clement is set to put pen-to-paper on a deal at the Liberty Stadium until 2019, with the Swans hierarchy hoping to finalise his deal on Monday night, before handing him a £30million transfer budget to guide them to safety.
Owners Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan have signalled they are willing to invest in the team, with relegation staring them in the face.
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Clement only moved to Bavaria in the summer, reuniting with Ancelotti at Bayern after the pair had previously worked together at Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid - where they won the 2014 Champions League.
However his desire to be a No.1 was always likely to come to the fore sooner rather than later, with the 44-year-old keen to set the record straight after a short spell at Derby in 2015-16.
The Rams parted company with Clement after just eight months - despite sitting fifth in the Championship table at the time, and only five points off the automatic promotion places.
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The Swans currently sit 19th in the Premier League, after a 3-0 mauling by Bournemouth at the weekend, and have already shipped 44 goals in 19 games.
Swansea’s Neil Taylor said last week that they would be behind Clement, should he be handed the task of keeping them in the Premier League.
"Paul Clement has got great credentials as a coach and he comes highly regarded by a few people that have played with him.
"Who will get the job, I don't know. If it is Clement then all the boys will take to him and work as hard as they can and hopefully they can help to turn it around."