Sign Up Says Jenkins

"Sign Up" Says Jenkins

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Chairman Huw Jenkins has told Swansea’s out of contract players to sign the deals that are on the table for them as he believes it would be foolish for any of them to leave.

Many rumours have suggested that certain players within the group are miles away in their requirements from what Swansea are prepared to offer and it is strongly suggested that at least two of them will never get close to what they see as an acceptable amount in return for their services.

Rumours on the board have suggested that some players have asked for "double your money" deals whilst another suggested that Kris O’Leary had already decided to head to Cheltenham – a rumour denied personally by the player.

And whilst clubs continue their transfer building through the summer, options slowly run out if the players don’t get to reach agreement meaning that there are less chances available to them at other clubs.

"We are in a difficult period as a club where we have offered new deals to players and we are also looking to bring new players in," Jenkins conceded. "We’ve got to make sure we make the right decisions financially and we can’t get away from the fact that over the last couple of years we haven’t got as far as we wanted to go. "At the moment we are still talking to the six out-of-contract players and their agents. "We’re talking to them every couple of days to see where we are and I’m quite hopeful that they will all end up staying. "They’ve all seen what the club is like under Roberto’s guidance over the last few months. "They’ve seen how much he will help their careers and I would have thought that working for the right manager should be their priority. "I would assume they all want to be part of the future under Roberto and I believe it would be a big mistake to leave us now."

The players in question are Garry Monk, Bayo Akinfenwa, Kris O’Leary, Kevin Austin, Izzy Iriekpen and Steve Watt