Swansea City have officially completed the signing of Borja Baston from Atletico Madrid for a club record price of £15.5m, the 23-yr-old signing a 4-yr deal at the Liberty Stadium after passing a medical on Thursday morning.
The £15.5m cost without difficulty eclipses the £12m paid for then-Vitesse striker Wilfried Bony back in 2012, the Swans splashing the money after receiving £20.5m from West Ham United for the services of Andre Ayew previous in the week.
The acquisition comes simply 5 days after the club introduced the advent of Borja's countryman Fernando Llorente on a two-year deal, with the pair set to put on the numbers 10 and 9 respectively for the south Wales club.
Borja hit 18 La Liga goals in a scorching 2015/16 campaign on mortgage at Eibar, including strikes towards Europa League winners Sevilla and Spanish champions Barcelona in consecutive games as a part of a run of six pursuits in 5 games.
In a announcement on the membership's website, it can be mentioned that the forward might be available for the Swans' first sport of the season at Burnley on Saturday, field to international clearance for the transfer.