Albion last night sold striker Leon Knight to Swansea and were on the brink of completing the capture of Aston Villa goalkeeper Wayne Henderson.

Knight has joined the Welshmen for £125,000 plus an undisclosed sell-on.

Meanwhile, Henderson, formerly with the Seagulls on loan, is returning to the club permanently for a fee of around £30,000, part of which is thought to depend on Championship survival.

The feverish activity follows the re-opening of the transfer window on Sunday and brings to an end the headline-grabbing Knight saga.

Dropped in November for his reaction to being substituted in the home game against Wolves, he handed in a written transfer request after being axed from the squad once more by manager Mark McGhee for the pre-Christmas visit of Hull.

McGhee was unhappy with Knight's attitude, particularly to training, and their strained relationship reached the point of no return with another bust-up on the team coach on the way to Monday's match at Southampton.

Knight signed a two-and-a-half year contract with the Swans last night, hours after his transfer request had been sanctioned by the Albion Board.

He has left behind confusion over how much, if any, of the £125,000 is due to Chelsea as part of the deal which brought the former Huddersfield, QPR and Sheffield Wednesday forward to the Seagulls from Stamford Bridge, initially on a free transfer, in the summer of 2003.

McGhee is satisfied with the size of the fee, considering Knight's poor goal ratio at Championship level and the expiry of his Albion contract in the summer, which would have left the club facing a probable transfer tribunal verdict on his worth.

McGhee said diplomatically: "I wish him good luck and hope to see him in the Championship next year at Withdean.

"Given his history in the last two years, had it gone to a tribunal we would not have got more so I think the fee is absolutely fair.

"The savings we will make on his wages and the fee involved will come back to me."

Knight notched 36 goals in 120 games for Albion. He scored five in the Championship this season and managed only four in the whole of last season.

Knight's starring role came in 2003-04, his and McGhee's first season at the club, when he spearheaded promotion for the Seagulls.

He plundered 27 goals and struck the winning penalty in the play-off final against Bristol City in Cardiff.

The second-placed Swans will be hoping for more of the same from Knight, who makes his debut at home to Milton Keynes next Tuesday, in what promises to be a lethal partnership with the prolific Lee Trundle.

Albion chairman Dick Knight said: "None of us will forget the contribution he made to get us into this League - not least on that wonderful day at the Millennium Stadium - but it was time for Leon to move on. We will now be stepping up our search for the right striker or strikers."

Irishman Henderson, meanwhile, is on the verge of returning to the south coast on a two-and-a-half-year contract.

McGhee revealed last night: "We have agreed a fee with Villa and we are just waiting to complete negotiations with the player and his agent."

Henderson could make his debut as a fully fledged Seagull in Albion's next Championship match at home to Leeds a week tomorrow.