It is no secret that we are on the look out for a striker and having been linked in the last week alone with moves for Giovanni Simeone, Loic Remy and Jordan Rhodes it is almost possible that any striker that becomes available could be linked with us at this point in time.

Babel spent four years at Liverpool, scoring 12 Premier League goals but has failed to really settle since leaving with spells at Ajax, Hoffenheim and Kasimpasa since moving on from England.

Besiktas are rumoured to be favourites to gain his signature but reports yesterday suggested that the Swans could be interested in bringing him back to the Premier League as competition for Bafetimbi Gomis up front.

I’m not convinced in this story as not sure it has any mileage other than the link that the Swans looked at Babel in the past but stranger things have happened in transfer windows!

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