Sheehan Named Swansea Boss On Three-year Deal

Swansea City person appointed Alan Sheehan arsenic their caput coach connected a three-year woody pursuing his successful spell arsenic caretaker boss.

Sheehan impressed aft taking complaint successful February pursuing nan departure of Luke Williams, starring Swansea clear of relegation threat successful immoderate style.

The 38-year-old Irishman has now been handed nan chance to make a semipermanent belief having been fixed a first imperishable managerial role.

"It's a privilege to beryllium astatine this shot nine and now I person nan honour of officially being nan caput coach," Sheehan told nan club's charismatic website.

"It's somewhat surreal. There's been a really bully emotion astir nan spot and I said complete nan past mates of months astir building something.

"I've been successful talks pinch nan ownership for a bully while now and I haven't really changed what I've been saying astir moving forward. Now is simply a really bully clip to move forward."

Swansea were looking nervously towards nan bottommost 3 erstwhile Williams near nan nine connected nan backmost of a tally of 7 defeats successful 9 Championship matches.

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

The erstwhile Luton Town and Southampton coach was initially put successful complaint for 5 matches earlier he agreed successful March to stay astatine nan helm for nan remainder of nan season.

Director of shot Richard Montague said: "We've been very impressed pinch Alan since he's taken complete arsenic caretaker caput coach for a 2nd time.

"It was important that we carried retired a thorough and elaborate process for appointing our caller caput coach.

"We had to get this determination right, and we are very happy pinch nan activity that's been done and assured that we've picked nan champion caput coach to return our nine to nan adjacent level."

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

Former left-back Sheehan joined Swansea arsenic an adjunct caput coach successful nan summertime of 2023, linking up pinch past sporting head Paul Watson, who he knew from their clip together astatine Luton.

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 presence 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 defeat astatine Millwall past weekend ended Swansea's very faint play-off chances, they decorativeness nan play pinch a location crippled against Oxford United connected Saturday (12:30 BST).

Tom Gorringe, Swansea's CEO, added: "Alan has shown beardown activity and tactical acumen during his clip arsenic caretaker caput coach.

"Collectively, we judge he is nan correct personification to return Swansea City guardant and build connected nan advancement that we've made towards nan extremity of this season.

"We're excited and optimistic astir what we tin execute together."

Confirmation of Sheehan's backroom unit will beryllium made successful owed course.