The Swansea City Chairman was talking after news filtered through on Saturday of the passing of the 22 year old striker who died after returning home at the end of the season.
Speaking to the Evening Post, Jenkins said "People are always talking about promotion and relegation, but when something like this happens, it hits home that all that means nothing
"It's a complete shock to us all.
"For someone so young to lose his life really puts things into perspective. It's very, very sad.
"We are in the dark at the moment because we don't know exactly what's happened," Jenkins added.
"Besian had all the relevant cardiac tests before he joined us, and it's just a tragedy that a young boy who had his whole life in front of him is no longer with us.
"As a football club you see players starting out as teenagers and then leaving you at somewhere around the age of 35, and even then they have their lives ahead of them.
"To lose a promising player like Besian at just 22 is shocking and our thoughts are with his family."
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