Swansea appoint Alan Curtis until end of the season after failed manager search

ALAN CURTIS has been appointed Swansea manager until the end of the season after the club failed to bring in a high profile replacement for Garry Monk.

 

Swansea have appointed Alan Curtis until the end of the season

 

Monk was sacked on December 11 and Huw Jenkins set his sights on Brendan Rodgers, Marcelo Bielsa and Gus Poyet.

Also in the mix were the likes of Mark Warburton, Dennis Bergkamp and Ryan Giggs.

But Curtis, who took caretaker charge, has now been appointed until the end of the season.

“Alan Curtis and the current staff set-up will continue until the end of the season,’’ Jenkins said. “We firmly believe it is the right decision for Swansea City. 

"Alan has been with us through good and bad times and was part of the management team that helped the club secure its Football League status over 12 years ago. 

 

“He is fully aware of the next important job he has ahead of him to dig deep and find the required levels of performance and motivation to secure our Premier League status – our main goal this season.

“We believe there is nobody with more knowledge and experience of the club to do that than Alan Curtis."

However Jenkins believes he will be able to bring a big name to the Liberty in the summer.

“I know some people will query why we didn’t have a replacement lined up when we parted company with Garry Monk, but we didn’t expect to be in the situation we were in when you look at our position mid-September," Jenkins added.

 

Curtis has impressed Jenkins since taking over

 

“We hoped and expected things would eventually turn around. When they didn’t, we felt we had to act quickly in the best interests of the club going forward. 

“Finding a replacement hasn’t been easy because we didn’t want to make a short-term decision that would be detrimental to the club long-term. It’s a unique situation for us and I think we are only now appreciating what other Premier League clubs in our position have gone through in the last five years. 

“We’ve spoken to a lot of potential managers. Some didn’t want to leave the clubs they were at this late stage in the season, while others didn’t want to put their reputation on the line by joining a club at the wrong end of the table. 

“In the end, we felt the best decision was to keep things in-house and change as little as we can until taking stock in the summer."