Kaplan leaves Swansea City?

Monday, 5 October 2020, 21:09
1 min read

On the day when Sky Sports are reporting full transfer deadline news we see news of another departure from Swansea City as Steve Kaplan resigns his directorship of the club – a resignation effective from 21st September.

Companies house records showed the resignation this evening with the date coinciding with the date that Sam Porter – another representative of Kaplan and Levien – was appointed to the board.

Kaplan was appointed as director shortly after he played his part in the well publicised purchase of the club and the news of his resignation is somewhat of a surprise and it isn’t known further as to what this means for his part in the long term ownership of the club.

Along with Jason Levien he has been largely absent from the club since the team’s relegation from the Premier League in 2018 and he has long since rumoured to be the main man behind the ownership with many people commenting that he was the decision maker in the ownership model.

However walking way from a directorship means that this could not be the case and it will be interesting to see how this one develops.

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.

Latest from Blog

Williams calls on the Swans to finish with one more win

Luke Williams will desperately want his side to sign off the 2023/24 season with a win against Millwall on Saturday lunchtime as he aims to secure a fifth game unbeaten and a thirteen point haul in that period. Wins over Stoke, Rotherham and Huddersfield were followed last weekend with a…

Swansea City v Millwall – Your matchday pack

The Swans will finally bring down the curtain on what has been a largely forgettable season in SA1 this Saturday when they entertain Millwall in the final game of the season. A win though on the weekend and at least we go into the summer break on a good run…

Swans TV: Norwich City v Swansea City | 90 in 90

. . .Check out the best of our pitchside and behind-the-scenes footage as we wrap up our trip to Carrow Road in 90 seconds. For more information, as well as all the latest Swansea City AFC news, log onto the club's official website at http://www.swanseacity.com Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SWANSPLAYER Like…

Don't Miss

In the end it came to penalties – but it’s more than one thing that never changes

So that was the tournament that was Euro 2020.ย  ย For

Connor: Only 1% want us to win

Wales will tomorrow evening go in search of their second