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Swansea striker Borja Baston joins Spanish side Alaves on loan

Borja Baston has joined Spanish side Alaves on loan
Image: Borja Baston has joined Spanish side Alaves on loan

Swansea striker Borja Baston has joined Spanish side Alaves on a season-long loan deal.

Subject to international clearance, the 25-year-old will spend a second straight campaign on loan in La Liga, having played for Malaga in 2017-18.

Borja - who joined Swansea for a club record £15.5m from Atletico Madrid in 2016 - moves to Alaves after they finished 14th in the Spanish top flight last season.

Villarreal have enquired about signing Swansea striker Borja Baston
Image: The striker joined Swansea for a club record £15.5m from Atletico Madrid in 2016

He was relegated with Malaga last season and has made just four league starts for the Swans.

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Swansea have been busy in the transfer market, buying Joel Asoro from Sunderland on a four-year deal, and selling central defender Kyle Bartley to West Brom for fee in the region of £4m.