Sunday 11 January 2015 09:27, UK
Garry Monk confirmed the situation with Wilfried Bony is ongoing following Swansea’s 1-1 draw with West Ham at the Liberty Stadium.
Bony, currently on Africa Cup of Nations duty with Ivory Coast, is reportedly on the brink of a move to Manchester City and the Swansea boss confirmed that the deal is still being negotiated.
“It’s still ongoing,” he told Sky Sports. “I think it’s the same situation it was at the start of the week with the two clubs negotiating and trying to come to an agreement.
“Until those final details are finalised then the situation will still be ongoing I suppose."
With a significant fee expected for the Swansea top scorer, Monk could dip into the transfer market himself but joked that he was not expecting the funds to come his way.
“I doubt I’ll get that money anyway,” he added. “No, look, the situation is that I’d prepared for this period without Wilfried as he was going away anyway.
“Obviously I’m focused on what we’re doing and hopefully the Bony situation will get sorted either way sooner rather than later which is best for both parties.”
In Bony’s absence, Bafetimbi Gomis led the line in spirited fashion and it was his header that was diverted into the net by Mark Noble to cancel out Andy Carroll’s first-half strike.
Monk had praise for West Ham and while he was pleased with his team’s reaction after the break, he admitted that a draw was a fair result.
“I think it was two good teams,” said Monk. “You can see why West Ham have done so well this season, they are a physical team and we had to really dig deep there physically.
“They scored a good goal from their point of view but I think it was a little bit against the run of play as we were on top and pushing and looked the most likely to score the goal.
“In the second half we had to react. We controlled the whole game in terms of moving the ball but I made the substitutions to give us that little bit more cutting edge.
“They managed to do that and we tried to push for a second but it wasn’t to be. So all in all, I think both teams will be happy with a point.”
The draw means Swansea remain in ninth and have now failed to win in each of their last three Premier League games.
