Swansea manager Garry Monk says he is not bothered by speculation suggesting star striker Wilfried Bony will be sold during the January transfer window.

Bony makes his final appearance in Swansea's Barclays Premier League game at QPR on New Year's Day before leaving to play in the African Cup of Nations for the Ivory Coast.

The 26-year-old was the Premier League's top marksman in 2014 with 20 goals and title contenders Chelsea and Manchester City have both been linked with making £30million bids for the Ivorian in January.

But ex-Saint Monk said he is not concerned by transfer speculation surrounding a player who Swansea paid Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem a club record £12million for in the summer of 2013 and who has since scored 33 goals in 69 appearances.

"The rumours are not my concern," Monk said ahead of the trip to Loftus Road.

"I know football and things can happen quickly and different things come out of the blue, but I don't have to worry about that unless something happens.

"Wilf will be playing the game against QPR and he will have to do as best he can, but he will go away and it's a chance for Bafi (Gomis).

"I know he has got the quality and hopefully he can put on some good performances and then it's his shirt to lose."

Swansea suffered their heaviest defeat of 2014 in losing 4-1 to Liverpool on Monday night.

But they have reached the halfway point of the league campaign in ninth place with Monk silencing those doubters who felt the club were destined to face a relegation struggle under his inexperienced command.

As well as losing Bony they will also be without influential midfielder Ki Sung-yueng for the next month or so as the South Korean makes his final appearance in west London before heading off to lead his country at the Asian Cup in Australia.

"Wilf and Ki have been fantastic for us this season and will be big losses," Monk said.

"We need to add to that quality to help the squad, which is what we will be looking to do (in January).

"It's another chance for players to step up and make sure in that period we push on and continue doing what we have done in the first half of the season."

Swansea won 5-0 on their last visit to QPR, the opening game of the 2012-13 season in which Rangers were relegated from the top flight, but Monk is expecting a tough test against opponents they beat 2-0 at the Liberty Stadium only a month ago.

"It is a small pitch with the crowd gathered round it and we will need to impose ourselves," Monk said.

"They seem a different team at home than they are away so we are expecting a difficult game.

"They are in a good moment and perform well at home and in Charlie Austin have a striker who is playing with confidence.

"All confident strikers are dangerous and I think at home he feels the crowd are right behind him.

"It's about us keeping them out of our box as much as possible but it's important that we put right the performance of Monday and get a reaction from the Liverpool game."