Out in the cold Franck Tabanou is set to rejoin St Etienne on loan following a miserable time at Swansea who he joined in a £3.5m deal from the French outfit last summer.

"There is an agreement in principle between Swansea and #ASSE #Tabanou Franck wants to come back and I want to see Frank," St Etienne coach Christophe Galtier said on club's official Twitter account.

Galtier said in L'Equipe: "We now need to make it contractual between all parties.

"I have not met Franck this week. He came to see his friends.

"But I hope he returns to St Etienne. This is where he feels best."