Clement. who effectively oversaw the win over Crystal Palace in midweek took time out from preparing his new side for the trip to Hull this weekend to answer the questions of the waiting media before stepping out into the Liberty itself for the traditional new manager photoshoot.<\/p>\n
Just 48 hours since his appointment as Swansea manager was confirmed, Clement was there to show he had already settled into the role although the backdrop of what had broken the night before about Alan Curtis was very much at the forefront of the minds of the assembled press.<\/p>\n
And it was an issue that Clement did not want to dodge \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be on the training field and won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be on the bench but we want him around and having that communication with players,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We respect him and the club respects him for what he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s done here. I really hope he finds a role he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happy with at Swansea.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Clement was dismissed from Derby last year with the side 5th in the table before he was reunited with Carlo Ancelotti who he was Number 2 to at Bayern before joining the Swans and on that subject he added \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I often get asked about my time at Derby and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot of contrasting views about what happened, from a harsh dismissal or \u00e2\u20ac\u201c an interesting one I read the other day \u00e2\u20ac\u201c my time at Derby was \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcan absolute disaster\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. The only important thing about that is how I felt and I think about it as a positive experience. I learned a lot.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
He also had a word of warning for the Swans players when he joked about his substitution of Ronaldo \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I actually took him off, would you believe that?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said, smiling.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In our very last game at Real Madrid, Carlo was serving a two-game suspension. We were playing Getafe and we were going to take off Cristiano in the second half. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d spoken about it at half-time. I said: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCris, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to take you off in this minute,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and he said: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWho\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s coming on for me?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 I actually put on Martin Odegaard and it was his debut for the club. Is that a claim to fame?<\/p>\n
“I could say to some of the Swansea players if I take them off and they shake their head: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve taken off Cristiano Ronaldo, so I can take you off.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
The Swans are at Hull tomorrow for a 3rd Round FA Cup tie and whilst there are expected to be changes made by Clement, these are likely to be minimal as he did also talk about consistency within his selections.<\/p>\n
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