Swansea Supporters Trust call for removal of club chairman Huw Jenkins

Wales
Sunday 31 December 2017 at 1:16pm

Huw Jenkins has been in the post for 15 years. Credit: PA

Swansea City Supporters Trust has called for the removal of club chairman Huw Jenkins after he claimed the Trust knew about the US takeover of the club in interviews earlier this week.

The supporters group, which owns over 21 per cent of the Premier League club, has contradicted Jenkins' claim that it was aware of the US consortium buying the club before the deal was done.

The group has now called for the Swansea chairman to quit in a statement this morning, saying they were 'deliberately excluded':

The acquisition of the club by an American consortium, led by businessman Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien, has led to fallout and bitterness on and off the field with Swansea fighting a relegation battle for the third successive season.

Jenkins, who has been in the post 15 years and overseen Swansea's rise from the foot of League Two, has been targeted with significant abuse from supporters at matches for some time.

Speaking to WalesOnline on Friday, Jenkins cast doubt on his future at the club:

However the club's American owners continue to support him, despite the club's perilous league position and questions over the club's recruitment strategy.

In April, Kaplan said Jenkins was 'instrumental in getting the club to where it is' and expected him to be at the club for a 'long time'.

Carlos Carvalhal is the club's fifth manager in two years. Credit: PA images

Swansea have failed to adequately replace key players like Gylfi Sigurdsson and Fernando Llorente, who were sold in the summer without much of that money being reinvested in the squad.

And just last week, Carlos Carvalhal became the club's fifth manager in little over two years, with Swansea bottom of the table before Saturday's 2-1 win at Watford.

Swansea City have been asked to comment.