{"id":445877,"date":"2017-12-11T15:09:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T15:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/swansea-city-to-sign-ghana-defender-andy-yiadom\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T15:09:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T15:09:16","slug":"swansea-city-to-sign-ghana-defender-andy-yiadom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/swansea-city-to-sign-ghana-defender-andy-yiadom\/","title":{"rendered":"Swansea City to sign Ghana defender Andy Yiadom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/58817982.295.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Yiadom For Barnsley\" title=\"Andy Yiadom For Barnsley\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Yiadom nearly moved to promoted Huddersfield in the summer but a deal was aborted<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513004956_457_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Barnsley defender Andy Yiadom could be set for a Premier League move in January as Swansea City have reportedly stepped up their interest in him. <\/p>\n<p>The Swans are keen to bring the Ghana international, 26, whose contract at Oakwell expires at the end of the season, to the Liberty Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>He has rejected a new deal and Barnsley are set to cash in on him in January.<\/p>\n<p>Barnsley had originally been asking for \u00a33million for the attacking full-back but they are now willing to drop their price and MirrorSport understands Swansea have started to negotiate.<\/p>\n<p>Long-term admirers Swansea are moving quickly to try to head off rival top-flight interest from West Brom, who have been scouting the defender.<\/p>\n<p>Yiadom nearly moved to promoted Huddersfield in the summer but a deal was aborted in the last hour due to injury concerns.<\/p>\n<p>He has been capped twice by Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yiadom nearly moved to promoted Huddersfield in the summer but a deal was aborted Barnsley defender Andy Yiadom could be set for a Premier League move in January as Swansea City have reportedly stepped up their interest in him. 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