Swansea have turned down a �2.5m bid for Bodde from Bolton
Midfielder Ferrie Bodde began pre-season training with Swansea City on Tuesday but the future of the unsettled Dutchman remains in question.
The Swans have turned down a £2.5m bid from Bolton Wanderers for the 27-year-old but the Premier League club are still thought to be keen on Bodde.
Bodde has been in the Netherlands continuing rehabilitation from a serious knee injury.
The player had been expected to return to the Liberty Stadium last week.
That saw new Swansea manager Paulo Sousa accuse Bodde of lacking respect, but since then the club said he had held a "successful" meeting with new Sousa and chairman Huw Jenkins.
"Ferrie's a great player but needs to be a better professional," Sousa said last week.
"He [needs] to have more respect for his colleagues, for the club, for myself and especially for himself as a player and as a professional."
Swansea have agreed a fee of £2m to sell leading striker Jason Scotland to Premier League side Wigan Athletic - managed by former Swans boss Roberto Martinez.
We want everyone happy and committed at the club... if you don't have it you try to find a solution
Swansea manager Paulo Sousa
The 30-year-old Trinidad and Tobago international is understood to have passed a medical and the transfer is now subject to personal terms and a work permit being sorted.
The south Wales club hope that they will finalise a deal to bring Jordi Lopez to the Liberty Stadium.
The 28-year-old, who won the Uefa Cup with Sevilla in 2006, is a free agent after his contract at Queens Park Rangers ended.
Bodde, whom the club value at around £5m, is recovering from a serious knee injury that kept him out of the latter half of last season.
Half of any fee that the Liberty Stadium side receive for Bodde would have to go to his former club ADO Den Haag as part of a sell-on clause.
"We want to see how [Bodde's] knee is after the operation, to integrate him into our squad," Sousa told BBC Sport Wales.
"We believe Ferrie can play a high standard and we want him playing for us.
"I would welcome him back to be part of our squad, he's a talented player who can get us our results.
"We want everyone happy and committed at the club... if you don't have it you try to find a solution."
When asked whether there would be players leaving the club in the summer, Sousa said: "I don't know, it's possible. You have offers."
The Swans paid just £80,000 for Bodde in the summer of 2007 and he quickly became regarded as one of the hottest midfield properties outside the Premier League.
He was a key part of the Swans team that went on to win promotion from League One to the Championship.
His performances sparked interest from Derby County, who failed with two bids last summer despite a transfer request being handed in.
The eight-week transfer saga - during which the Swans were demanding at least £2m - came to an end when Bodde eventually made a u-turn and signed a new long-term deal.
But speculation over the Dutchman's future remained rife during the first half of last season thanks to his impressive displays in the Championship.
Only a season-ending cruciate knee ligament injury in the 3-2 defeat to Birmingham in November prevented bids from being made in the January transfer window.
With Bodde nearing fitness again Bolton, who were monitoring him last season, made their move.
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