Swansea agree fee with Barnsley for Mawson

Barnsley confirmed the news yesterday ahead of their game against Rotherham and the Tykes decided to withdraw the defender from their squad.

Mawson, 22, joined Barnsley on a free transfer from Brentford just over a year ago and has impressed in his 63 appearances for the club, scoring an impressive 9 goals from the back.

After Swansea's 2-1 defeat to Leicester yesterday afternoon, manager Francesco Guidolin confirmed that the club were trying to sign a defender, but didn't say who.

He said: "We are working to sign a player - a central defender. This is all I know at the moment because the chairman is working for this situation.

"I'm optimistic [for signings] but I have always said that I'm happy with this group".