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Neil Taylor says Swansea are desperate to keep Gylfi Sigurdsson

Gylfi Sigurdsson of Swansea City celebrates
Image: Gylfi Sigurdsson has been linked with a move to Leicester

Neil Taylor has urged Swansea to hold on to Gylfi Sigurdsson and not become a "selling club".

The Iceland international has recently been linked with a move to Premier League champions Leicester after an impressive season in south Wales.

The 26-year-old midfielder swept the board at the club's end-of-year awards after scoring 11 goals, nine of which were in the second half of the season.

SWANSEA, WALES - MARCH 05:  Gylfi Sigurdsson (C) and Neil Taylor (L) of Swansea City celebrate their 1-0 win in the Barclays Premier League match between S
Image: Neil Taylor (L) has said his team are desperate to hold on to Sigurdsson

Sigurdsson will be representing his home nation of Iceland in the coming weeks at Euro 2016 and Wales international Taylor said: "We are desperate for Gylfi to stay.

"Once you do well you are going to get linked with the top teams and Leicester happened to win it. We want all our best players to stay and add to that. We don't want to be a selling club.

"The Premier League means you don't have to do that anymore, with the money that has come in.

Swansea manager Garry Monk (l) reacts during the match against Leicester City
Image: Garry Monk was sacked in December

"That is why we've seen clubs in strong positions, and we have seen the league we have this year. Hopefully we can hang on to Gylfi and a few others."

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Swansea finished a difficult season in twelfth place after flirting with relegation and going through three managers.

Garry Monk was sacked in early December after a rotten run of results, with interim manager Alan Curtis steadying the ship before Francesco Guidolin was the surprise choice to take over.

Francesco Guidolin
Image: Francesco Guidolin will begin next season in charge at Swansea

"I think we heard every other name apart from his [Guidolin] who the new manager would be," said Taylor.

"It is a credit to him for the work he has done. He's done his job and got us the results we needed, and not only that we ended up finishing mid-table and having a half-decent season.

"He is a nice guy and now he'll be able to plan properly. He won't just be on a crash course trying to keep us in the league."

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