Swansea City have finished the signing of Atletico Madrid striker Borja Baston for a club-record expense of £15.5 million.

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The Spaniard has meant a four-year year at the Libery Stadium and will wear the No.10 shirt betrayed by Andre Ayew, who left to join West Ham for £20.5m  this month.

Borja, who scored 18 goals while utilizing an advance at La Liga outfit Eibar last season, has penned a four-year deal at the Liberty Stadium and will interface up with compariot and individual new youngster Fernando Llorente in south Ribs.

The forward’s entry has surpassed the £12m catch of Wilfried Bony from Vitesse Arnhem in 2013, which was Swansea’s past record transfer.

It had been suggested that the Swans, who sold Bony to Manchester City in 2015, raced to step him back to the Liberty Stadium this late spring going before stamping both Llorente and now Borja.

Borja has changed into Swansea’s fifth signing of the mid year taking after the prior entries of Etching Birighitti, Leroy Fer, Mike van der Hoorn and Llorente.

Swansea begin the new Premier League season away to starting late advanced Burnley on Saturday, before locking horns with Hull City in their first home round of the battle on 20 August.

 

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