Swansea In Talks With Sheehan Over Long-term Deal

Swansea City are successful talks to name Alan Sheehan arsenic their imperishable caput coach aft nan Irishman's successful spell arsenic caretaker boss.

Sheehan, 38, is discussing a semipermanent woody pinch nan Championship nine having impressed since taking nan reins pursuing nan departure of erstwhile leader Luke Williams successful February.

As it stands, Sheehan is only successful complaint for Swansea's 2 remaining fixtures this season, astatine Millwall connected Saturday and astatine location to Oxford United connected Saturday, 3 May.

But talks pinch are said to beryllium progressing good and it whitethorn good beryllium that Sheehan is named Swansea leader earlier nan Oxford game.

Swansea person taken 23 points from Sheehan's 11 games successful complaint to propulsion clear of relegation threat successful immoderate style.

Sheehan was initially put successful complaint for 5 matches earlier he agreed successful March to stay astatine nan helm for nan remainder of nan season.

He has been willing successful taking nan domiciled connected a semipermanent ground from nan outset, though he many times stressed that his ideas connected nan measurement guardant must align pinch nan club's vision.

Sheehan, a erstwhile coach astatine Luton Town and Southampton, joined Swansea arsenic an adjunct caput coach successful nan summertime 2023, erstwhile Paul Watson – his erstwhile workfellow astatine Kenilworth Road – was nan Welsh club's sporting director.

Having arrived arsenic portion of Michael Duff's backroom staff, Sheehan took complete arsenic caretaker leader successful December 2023, helping Swansea declare 11 points from 7 matches earlier nan assignment of Williams successful January past year.

He returned to nan backroom squad earlier stepping up to nan apical occupation for a 2nd clip erstwhile Williams said his farewells.

At nan time, Swansea were 8 points clear of nan bottommost 3 successful 17th, pinch relegation concerns mounting aft a tally of 7 defeats successful 9 convention games.

But they person since delivered a singular upturn successful shape to climb to 11th successful nan table, 14 points clear of nan driblet area and only six adrift of nan apical six.

Sheehan's broadside spell to Millwall connected nan backmost of 5 consecutive victories, nan club's longest convention winning tally since Roberto Martinez's Swansea registered six successive third-tier triumphs successful 2007.