Clement insists Swansea star Sigurdsson is one of the best in the business

Swansea have been battling at the foot of the Premier League this season, but manager Paul Clement doesn’t want that to take away from Gylfi Sigurdsson’s talents.

Playmaker Sigurdsson joined the Swans from Tottenham in 2014 and has become an integral part of the Welsh side, with 36 goals from 122 appearances in all competitions to date.

And this season he is performing wonders in a struggling team, scoring eight goals and assisted a further 11, all of which has gone some way to lifting Swansea out of the relegation zone.

And Clement working at the likes of Chelsea, PSG, Ream Madrid and Bayern Munich before pitching up at the Liberty Stadium, he knows talent when he sees it.

“I think he is more than good enough to be in that discussion [about the best players in the league], he probably gets overlooked because of the position of the team,” Clement said.

“When teams are lower down in the table, the individual players don’t always get that recognition they deserve, but he is a player that’s done really, really well.

“Every day in training, pushing, extra stuff to work on his technique, his finishing, set plays.

“He is really alert and attentive in the video meetings, (takes) good care of his body and is very good professional.”