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The Ivorian was previously linked with Ipswich Town.

Swansea City have made a move for Brighton midfielder Malick Yalcouye, with the teenager weighing up whether or not to make the move to South Wales.

Alan Sheehan wants to bulk up his resources in the middle of the park before the transfer window shuts in just over a few weeks' time.

A number of the new arrivals to the Swansea.com Stadium this summer should help the club to either score more goals or concede less - Melker Widell and Ethan Galbraith are two new arrivals that should slot into midfield for the Welsh side, but Sheehan wants more.

In an attempt to increase their number of centrally-operating generals, Swansea have their eyes on Brighton's Yalcouye.

The 19-year-old is highly rated by the Seagulls, having arrived only last summer from IFK Goteborg for a reported £6 million, and is already viewed as a potential successor to Carlos Baleba, who Manchester United are currently targeting.

Swansea considering move for Brighton teenage midfielder Malick Yalcouye

Wales Online have previously reported that that Swansea were thinking about making an offer to Brighton, and the player himself is said to be "mulling" over the potential switch to the Championship outfit, according to The Athletic.

No talks have been held between the club and the player yet, but it appears that Brighton are aware that Swansea want to make a season-long deal happen.

Yalcouye has only played in one first-team match for the Seagulls and that was against Crawley Town in the EFL Trophy. He spent last season on loan with Sturm Graz, playing Champions League football and becoming a regular starter for the Austrian first division champions.

The teenager would often play on either the right or the left of a midfield-three for Jurgen Samuel's side last season in a 4-3-1-2 formation, but, if necessary, Yalcouye is also more than capable of playing as part of a double pivot at the base of midfield, as he showed with Goteborg.

Ipswich Town were linked with the Ivorian youth international earlier in the summer when they were also looking to beef up their midfield supplies. Brighton have already received offers for Yalcouye from German teams Hoffenheim and Freiburg, as per Charlie Parker-Turner. This was reported in July, and there has been no advance on these particular offers since then.

Swansea's links with the Brighton youngster aren't the only recent ones with a young Ivorian. Wycombe Wanderers' Richard Kone was the subject of a £4.5 million bid by City, which was ultimately turned down, as Football League World revealed.

The League One side have subsequently cut their asking price for the striker down to £3 million plus add-ons, but, according to Wales Online journalist Tom Coleman, it's a deal that remains unlikely.

Swansea City have to keep on pushing to complete the Malick Yalcouye deal

The Seagulls are notoriously good at spotting talent where other teams can't, largely due to the recruitment model that their owner, Tony Bloom, created for them.

If they say that they have a potential star of the future on their hands, and Yalcouye will have to be if he is to step into Baleba's shoes in the Brighton first-team, then it'd be stupid of Swansea not to push to sign the Ivorian.