Swansea City will not alter player policy for Europa League
HUW Jenkins insists Swansea City are not about to start splashing the cash as they prepare to do battle on four fronts next season.
As well as the two domestic cups and the league, Swansea will attempt to compete in the Europa League for the first time next term.
And though Jenkins accepts Swansea's European involvement may make them more attractive to players, he says the club will continue their safety-first spending policy.
"There probably will be more players who want to come and join us, but like always we'll try to make sure we get the right players here for the right reasons," said the Swansea chairman.
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"That's not only a financial thing, it's about making sure the right people come here and want to be part of the club and the way we do things. That will never change for any reason."
Jenkins also accepts that Swansea's stars are still likely to leave the Liberty from time to time.
Tempted
He added: "We're not under any illusions that there are certain clubs in the Premier League and in Europe who pay substantial amounts of money out in salaries and, this summer or next summer, somebody will be tempted at some time or another and we'll have to deal with it like we had to last summer.
"We're not going to be shouting about anything different than before."
There have been suggestions that Swansea must increase the size of their squad to cope with the demands of a European campaign — but Jenkins says that is no foregone conclusion.
"What we went through in January as a team and squad with all the games we had to play from Wednesday to Saturday gave a good insight into how things will probably be next season," he said.
"I have spoken to the players and a lot of them actually enjoyed that period of time where they were playing in midweek and then recovering before playing again on the weekend.
"A few of the players said it was their best time of the season so far."
3 Comments
by Philosoraptor
Friday, March 01 2013, 8:52AM
“I would hope Swansea get that far danelocruz, because that is where Swansea come in to the competition.
Swansea are seeded into the 3rd Qualifying Round, but if a club already in Europe wins the FA Cup then we get seeded into the Play Off round.”
by danelocruz
Thursday, February 28 2013, 3:01PM
“Swansea City must alter player policy in order to successfully compete in Europa and Premier League. 22 players simply will not be enough.
Goalkeepers: Vorm, Tremmel
Fullbacks: Taylor, Davies, Rangel, Tiendelli?
Halfbacks: Williams, Chico, Bartley, Monk
Defensive midfielders: Britton, Ki, De Guzman,? Canas?
Wingers: Hernandez, Routledge, Dyer, Lamas?
Attacking Midfielders: Michu, ?
Forward: Aspas?, ?
"What we went through in January as a team and squad with all the games we had to play from Wednesday to Saturday gave a good insight into how things will probably be next season," he said.
Europa League will have an impact on Swansea's pre-season plans, with friendlies and an overseas tour likely to be affected. Our Europa campaign will probably begin as early as August. But I'm confident Swansea will advance to at least third qualifying round which means that Swansea would've approximately played 16 additional games. So relying on a small squad on such a hectic schedule would be a very big mistake.
"I have spoken to the players and a lot of them actually enjoyed that period of time where they were playing in midweek and then recovering before playing again on the weekend. A few of the players said it was their best time of the season so far."
I'm sure Pardew had the same conversation with his over confident players after a successful season. Why would any player want competition for his position? I'm positive that every player wants to play all the time. But it would be impossible to maintain standards playing 3 games a week. There are just too many games, very competitive and it will take its toll. So please let's not make the same mistake as Newcastle.”
by Philosoraptor
Thursday, February 28 2013, 11:47AM
“Whilst we may not be splashing the cash we may actually still see a record spending year for the mighty Swans, next summer Swansea gets the bigger TV payment which doubles what we had this season. Good times indeed.
We will basically aim to remain in good profit and that will be helped alot by all that extra revenue heading our way before we even sell a single match day ticket. I agree we shouldn't be overspending, that is not how our club works and hopefully those days will never return.”