Jason Levien a majority shareholder at Swansea City and the man who signs off deals and dictated the course of the January transfer window has responded via the Swans supporters trust on the reasons why the month fell apart. Jake Silverstein another director at the club joined Levien in this surprise interview.
This is part one of our thoughts on the interview and the fall out from it, and this morning we have to ask the question regards Julian Winter’s future at Swansea City FC as the clubs CEO, We don’t ask the question because we need to as it’s clear the interview pointed to his lack of ability within the January transfer window.
The real issue on that point we think will become clear and Levien made it clear as well. "I think there is some real frustration to get some of the deals we had worked on, our team had worked on over the line. I think it reflects not a lack of ambition, I think there was a lot of ambition going in to the window. It reflects more an ‘inability on the execution side’ a little of unfortunate outcome and being a bit unlucky. There is some real frustration about not delivering more to the squad. It’s disappointing”
The person who does the work for the directors and shareholders at the club is Julian Winter. He most certainly oversee’s the majority owners wishes as he would have done in the window. The ‘inability on the execution side’ statement from Levien is making the situation very clear to us and also to those who have access to certain Swansea City circles at the club. Julian Winter is clearly being associated with the disastrous dealings the club failed to execute over these thirty one days.
If this is the case, and you can make your own minds up then then the current CEO will find his days numbered at the swansea.com stadium, unless of course he has managed to convince the American ownership he is the man for the job moving forwards. Which it doesn’t really sound like this morning. He may well have gone in to these deals with one hand tied behind his back financially or just wasn’t up to the task the Americans wanted him to undertake.
Either way the opening gambit of the interview laid the blame ( in the main ) squarely away from the door of the Americans and for us squarely in the pathway of Julian Winter. Traditionally this is the time of year Swansea City make changes in their staffing, or at least it’s the start of a few months leading up to changes. Ask Mark Allen. Whatever you think that opening statement from Jason Levien set the tone for the interview, and that tone was directed right at Julian Winter.
Let’s see how it pans out. Russell Martin interview coming up later.