Swansea maintain talks to nominate attacking 4-3-3 supervisor who’s labored with Klopp

Swansea Metropolis have now held talks with Vitor Matos as a substitute for Alan Sheehan, with Kim Hellberg now being focused by a distinct Championship membership.

Hellberg travelled to London to carry talks with Swansea final week, however there was a twist, with the 37-year-old now of curiosity to Middlesbrough, following Rob Edwards’ departure to Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this month.

As such, the Jacks might have to maneuver on to different choices to switch Sheehan, who was dismissed from his submit final week, together with his facet making a poor begin to the marketing campaign, at present sitting in 18th place after taking simply 17 factors from their opening 15 Championship video games.

Michael Carrick has been named as a possible goal, with the Welsh membership’s hierarchy mentioned to be large followers of the previous Boro boss, however a distinct, extra left-field possibility can be of curiosity…

Swansea maintain talks with Vitor Matos now ‘main contender’

As reported by the BBC, Swansea have held talks with a number of managers since parting methods with Sheehan, together with Maritimo supervisor Matos, courtesy of the job he has completed within the Portuguese second tier. TalkSPORT add that the younger coach is now the ‘new main contender’.

At simply 37-years-old, the Maritimo boss is comparatively inexperienced, having solely began his present position again in June, however he does have expertise working below Jurgen Klopp, working as an elite growth coach at Liverpool from 2019 – 2024.

Throughout that point, the previous Liverpool coach obtained excessive reward from ex-Reds assistant Pepijn Lijnders, who’s now at Man Metropolis: “He’s a gifted coach, a really clever coach.

“Having one actually clever, gifted coach for younger gamers, he can encourage eight or 9 of them – it is actually necessary to have the proper individuals in entrance of them – he connects, he influences the boys on the pitch and trains with them.”

Very similar to Klopp, the Portuguese supervisor favours a forward-thinking model of play, with an attacking 4-3-3 formation his most well-liked system, and he has made a stable begin to life at Maritimo since arriving in the summertime.

That mentioned, it could be a threat to nominate Matos, given his lack of expertise, with the aforementioned BBC report additionally making it clear that Russell Martin is open to a return to Swansea, after leaving Rangers earlier this season.

Regardless of changing into the shortest-serving supervisor within the Gers’ historical past, Martin might be a stable appointment for the Swans, given his expertise within the Championship, most impressively guiding Southampton to promotion with a play-off closing victory in opposition to Leeds United within the 2023-24 marketing campaign.

Russell Martin open to changing Alan Sheehan as Swansea Metropolis boss