Alan Curtis will remain in charge of Swansea until the end
of the season.
City have been searching for a permanent boss since Garry
Monk's dismissal on December 11, but chairman Huw Jenkins returned from South
America last month without a deal to appoint Argentine Marcelo Bielsa.
Chile boss Jorge Sampaoli and Jose Mourinho's former Chelsea
assistant Jose Morais were others under consideration, but long-term employee
Curtis will now have the responsibility of keeping the club in the Premier
League.
Curtis has won five points from five games since replacing
Monk, but those included trips to both Manchester clubs and Jenkins believes
there has been an upturn in performances.
He told the club website: "We firmly believe this
is the right decision for Swansea City. Alan has been with us through good and
bad times and was part of the management team that helped the club secure its
Football League status over 12 years ago.
He is fully aware of the next important job he has ahead of
him to dig deep and find the required levels of performance and motivation to
secure our Premier League status - our main goal this season.
"We believe there is nobody with more knowledge and
experience of the club to do that than Alan Curtis. He has served Swansea City
so well for more than 40 years and played an integral part in our recent
success.
"We have all been impressed with the way he has
improved performance levels over the last five games. The players have
obviously responded to him because we have seen an uplift in performances
"In the end, we felt the best decision was to keep things in-house and change as little as we can until taking stock in the summer."
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