Revealed: Jerry Yates undergoing Swansea City medical after deal agreed – sources
Blackpool striker Jerry Yates is set to undergo a medical at Swansea City on Tuesday (11 July), sources have told Football Insider.
Swansea agreed a fee with Blackpool for Yates on Monday (10 July) and the player has approved personal terms with the Welsh club.
Yates, 26, scored 15 goals last season and Swansea are understood to have beaten off interest from two other clubs to land the striker.
The forward’s current contract at Blackpool expires next summer but the club do have the option to extend his deal by a further 12 months.
Yates joined the Tangerines in 2020 from Rotherham and has made 139 appearances across in all competitions in his three years with the club.
He has scored 46 goals and provided 18 assists in those outings.
Despite the striker’s 15 goals in the 2022-23 season, it was not enough to keep Blackpool in the Championship and they were forced back down to League One.
Yates is set to become Swansea boss Michael Duff’s third signing of the summer following the arrivals of Josh Ginnelly and Josh Key.
The goalscorer’s arrival also throws doubt onto the future of current first choice striker Joel Piroe who has entered the final year of his contract in Wales after joining from PSV Eindhoven in 2021.
Piroe netted 20 goals across 45 appearances last season and was in Duff’s starting lineup for all of those outings.
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