Swansea Set To Appoint Sheehan As Permanent Boss

Swansea City are group to name Alan Sheehan arsenic their imperishable caput coach pursuing his successful spell arsenic caretaker boss.

Sheehan, 38, has impressed since taking complaint successful mid-February pursuing nan departure of Luke Williams.

Swansea had relegation concerns erstwhile Williams near nan nine connected nan backmost of a tally of 7 defeats successful 9 Championship matches.

But Sheehan's broadside are now guaranteed to decorativeness successful nan apical half of nan array having taken 23 points from nan Irishman's 12 games astatine nan helm.

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.

Speaking aft past Saturday's conclusion astatine Millwall, Sheehan confirmed talks had taken spot complete a semipermanent statement and said a determination connected his early would beryllium made this week.

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

A erstwhile coach astatine Luton Town and Southampton, Sheehan joined Swansea arsenic an adjunct caput coach successful nan summertime 2023.

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

Sheehan 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, but they person since delivered a singular upturn successful shape to climb to 11th successful nan table.

After the Millwall loss ended Swansea's very faint play-off chances, they decorativeness nan play pinch a location crippled against Oxford United connected Saturday (12:30 BST).