O’Leary ready for his new challenge

Sunday, 7 March 2021, 20:28
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Kris O’Leary is back at Swansea and will tomorrow face his first challenge as manager of the Under-23’s team when they take on Ipswich.

Working with Anthony Wright, O’Leary will pick up the reigns from Jon Grey who moves back to his old role as head of academy coaching.

O’Leary’s connections with the club goes back more than 25 years and he made over 250 appearances for his home club before working in the coaching staff, most notably under Garry Monk in the Premier League.

There is little doubt to anyone who has ever spoken to Kris just what the Swans mean to him and he cannot wait to get started in his new role as he explained to the official club websiteย “I’ve only been in a couple of days, but I’ll be looking to continue the good work that Jon has done.

“We also want to build on the last two results.

“I don’t need to tell people what Swansea City means to me; it’s where my heart is and I’m delighted to be back.

“It’s as long as I’ve ever been away from Swansea in my working life, so it’s fantastic to be back at the club at a real positive time.

“The average age of the squad is quite low, which is something I believed in during my time previously working in the academy set-up.

“And with the head coachย we have, there’s a clear pathway to the first team.”

Images courtesy of Getty Images, Athena Picture Agency and Swansea City Football Club.

Phil Sumbler

Been watching the Swans since the very late 1970s and running the Planet Swans website (in all its current and previous guises since the summer of 2001 As it stood JackArmy.net was right at the forefront of some of the activity against Tony Petty back in 2001, breaking many of the stories of the day as fans stood against the actions where the local media failed. Was involved with the Swans Supporters Trust from 2005, for the large part as Chairman before standing down in the summer of 2020.

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