Stevie Nicol feels Swansea’s Paul Clement could be the man to turn around Renato Sanches’ career.
While some of the Premier League’s big clubs botched their transfer business, Swansea more than took care of their own, and should rank as one of this window’s resounding winners. New boss Paul Clement showed he can offer the club more than mere tactical savvy, exploiting his contacts to bring Euro 2016 wunderkid Renato Sanches to the Liberty, while former fan favourite Wilfried Bony rejoined from Manchester City.
The Sanches capture is beyond remarkable for a club of Swansea’s stature. Normally,…
Paul Clement says he won’t comment on incoming players at Swansea until Gylfi Sigurdsson’s future is resolved.
Swansea manager Paul Clement says Gylfi Sigurdsson is not in his plans and that he wants his situation resolved quickly.
And so the Gylfi Sigurdsson saga finally ends. While Swansea have lost their all-time Premier League goals and assists leader, they have recouped a club-record £45 million fee, which could fix several seasons of subpar recruitment at a stroke. How Swansea deal with the departure of their star man and how they reinvest the money will now play a huge role in determining the club’s future.
This is Swansea’s “Gareth Bale money”, equivalent (adjusting for stature) to the time Spurs sold their…
Fernando Llorente once again played the hero for Swansea in their come from behind win over West Brom.
After a slow start, Swansea sprung to life in the second half to give their home fans a proper send-off following a season of stress, beatin…
Craig Burley examines Paul Clement’s run with Swansea compared to Bob Bradley’s and assesses the club’s narrow survival.
And so the season draws to a close, with Swansea fans finally able to relax and perhaps just enjoy a football match without worrying about relegation for once.
Swansea secured their top flight survival with last Saturday’s 2-0 away win over Sunderland and will host West Brom this Sunday. Albion sit comfortably in ninth place and haven’t won in eight matches, and seem unlikely to resist a Swansea side high on relief and likely to be playing with more freedom than they have all season so far.
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Swansea City took a step closer to Premier League safety with an important away win over Sunderland.
Swansea City took a step closer to Premier League safety with an important away win over Sunderland.
Swansea’s 2-0 win over Sunderland put pressure on their relegation rivals, and although they couldn’t have known it at the time, effectively saved the club from relegation given Hull’s capitulation at Crystal Palace on Sunday.
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Getting the early goal was hugely important, striker Fernando Llorente converting a Gylfi Sigurdsson delivery for a league-best seventh player-to-player connection this season. Sunderland were poor, but with so much at stake, Swansea could still have been forgiven…
The FC crew examine the relegation battle in the Premier League after Swansea’s triumph and Hull City’s flop.
Paul Clement hails Swansea’s effort against Everton, but calls on his side to stay the course in their fight for survival.
In last Saturday’s minor miracle, Swansea traded places with Hull and escaped the drop zone, leaving the Welsh club in control of their own destiny with two matches to play. The last time Swansea were in this position, they blew a chance to pull away from trouble by lapsing into a six-game winless streak. This time there should be no such collapse, and a win over Sunderland this Saturday could finally confirm Swansea’s survival.
David Moyes’ already-relegated side pulled off a significant upset…
Swansea City keep their Premier League survival hopes alive thanks to a narrow 1-0 victory over Everton.
Paul Clement hails Swansea’s effort against Everton, but calls on his side to stay the course in their fight for survival.
Swansea City keep their Premier League survival hopes alive thanks to a narrow 1-0 victory over Everton.
Armed with the knowledge that Hull City had lost to Sunderland, Swansea knew a win against Everton on Saturday would get them out of the relegation zone. They duly provided it, taking a 1-0 decision in their most important game of the season so far.
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The result is the only positive that matters to Swansea and the relegation-threatened club would have taken a win by any means. In the event, the victory was won with a solid defensive effort, yet another aerial finish from Fernando Llorente…
Swansea manager Paul Clement feels the Swans must win their four remaining matches in order to stay in the Premier League.
With Sunderland already down and Middlesbrough looking on the way, the battle to avoid the final relegation spot is very much a two-horse race. So much so the Premier League is reportedly making tentative preparations to allow for a 39th game of the season between Swansea and Hull, a winner-takes-all playoff to stay in the top flight.
Such an eventuality depends on the two clubs ending the season with identical points, goals scored and goal difference, but it’s certainly possible. With just three…
Gylfi Sigurdsson’s free kick sends Manchester United to their 10th home draw of the season.
Gylfi Sigurdsson’s free kick sends Manchester United to their 10th home draw of the season.
An act of low-class gamesmanship from Marcus Rashford and an awful piece of officiating conspired to limit resurgent Swansea to a 1-1 draw against Manchester United on Sunday, but the Welsh club deserved more.
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For the first half, the game was all Swansea. Not bad for a relegation-threatened side playing away from home at one of the supposed Premier League superpowers. Paul Clement has fully reinstated this club’s self-belief, and while a loss on Sunday wouldn’t have ended Swansea’s season,…
Paul Clement is optimistic in his Swansea side’s ability to secure points in their final stretch and avoid relegation.
Swansea face a daunting trip to Manchester United this Sunday knowing they’ll have to match or better Hull City’s result from the previous afternoon.
Motivation is a significant factor in football. Having drawn the Manchester derby 0-0 on Thursday night, United’s goal remains the same — to beat their City rivals in the table, still trailing by a single point. It’s likely Sunday’s match will be business as usual. Had United won on Thursday, would they have eased up a touch on Sunday, having overtaken…