We Will Conclude The Deal At The Right Time

Brendan Rodgers reaffirmed his happiness at Swansea when he said that he will conclude his contract talks with the club at the right time

He said that the Chairman and himself are looking at the right time to sit down and discuss a new deal but confirmed that he would not be looking to walk out of Swansea due to his happiness at the club

He told Wales on Sunday “If someone offered me X amount of pounds now it would not give me the happiness I get from working here at Swansea.

“I’m not going to run out on a club that has given me this opportunity.

“Where can I go that I can get them playing football like here?

“There are very few clubs I could leave here for and be happy.

“So at the right time we will conclude the deal.

“I haven’t yet signed a new deal,” said Rodgers

“The chairman and I are trying to find the time to sit down.

“But I have already spelled it out to the chairman that he does not have to worry about me. I’m enjoying my work.

“We will get a deal done. I love my life here in Swansea and from my experience of being out of work it’s not all about money, it’s about happiness.

“I learned at Reading. I signed a three-year deal with this great vision and six months and 21 games later I was out of the job.

“This is a brilliant club and I owe the people here. My objective is to make this club a sustainable club in the Premier League.

“It was a pie in the sky idea when I first came in, but now we are here and we are working hard.

“Let’s see where we go.

“It’s very simple. When I was manager at Watford, I was going to be the next big thing, having worked with top players and coaches.

“After going to Reading for six months and failing there for the first time in my life, I could not get an interview for jobs in League One.

“For the six months previous I was a hero, six months later I was a bum. No-one would touch me.

“Then I got a wonderful opportunity here because they believed in me and felt that it was a six-month blip in my career.

“So will I get carried away when people say nice things? No, because I know the other side.

“Fate can deal you a good hand at times and coming to Swansea was a marriage made in heaven.

“I have my own identity and now people can see the type of style I like,” he added.

“I walk alone. There are none of them who will walk out on the touchline with me on a Saturday.

“Arsene revolutionised the game in this country, he made football his profession. For me, football is an art, but there is a science that underpins it. He came in and was one of the pioneers of the modern game and the way it’s thought about.

“Both in terms of the technical and tactical aspects and also the really global attitude to football.”