Swansea have £2.5million bid for hotshot Yates accepted by Blackpool
SWANSEA have had a £2.5million bid for Blackpool striker Jerry Yates accepted.
The hitman, 26, scored 14 league goals for the relegated Championship outfit last season.
Three other second-tier clubs also put in offers for Yates.
But SunSport understands Yates has his heart set on joining the Welsh club.
He will undergo a medical on Tuesday.
Swansea’s move for Yates will cast further doubt over the future of Joel Piroe, the Welsh club’s top scorer for the past two seasons.
The hotshot will become new manager Michael Duff’s third signing of the summer after the arrival of Josh Ginnelly and Josh Key.
Yates had interest from the likes of West Brom, Coventry, Bristol City and Ipswich this summer.
Leicester and newly-promoted Premier League outfit Luton were also keen on the forward earlier in this window but Blackpool had been holding out for a bid in the region of £4million.
Despite relegation with the Tangerines to League One, Yates claimed a hat-trick at the club’s end-of-season awards after winning the Players’ Player of the Year, top scorer and goal of the season gongs.
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Yates, who had 12 months remaining on his contract at Bloomfield Road, ended the campaign in the top 10 goalscorers in the Championship.
He scored 15 in all competitions with his other goal coming in the FA Cup third round shock after Blackpool dumped out Premier League outfit Nottingham Forest.
In total, Yates scored 46 goals 139 appearances since joining Blackpool from Rotherham in 2020.