Swansea must do whatever it takes to keep Laudrup and Michu

Swansea have built themselves up through financial prudence and excellent work in the transfer market. The question for Laudrup is; how much further can he take Swansea? Barring some spectacularly good signings, it’s hard to see how they can ever get themselves much higher than they got last season. They don’t have the budget or size of clubs in the top seven, which means they finished second in the mini league last season. There’s nothing to say they can’t force their way in with more good signings, but only Laudrup has the reputation and pull to achieve those. Without him, they could be looking backwards rather than up.

In Michu’s case, his presence at the club in to next season would prove Jenkins’ words. Unless they get a mind blowing offer from a Champions League-type club, there is no reason for them to sell. He is their poster boy for their excellent transfer business as well as being a key contributor on the field. Goals are the hardest thing to find in the mid level of the Premier League, and they have a goalscorer in Michu. If they sold him, Laudrup would follow, no doubt.

Sometimes the grass isn’t greener elsewhere and as a manager who has been through turbulence and job loss before, Laudrup would be well advised to sit tight and keep growing Swansea in his own image. He is adored and if what the chairman says proves to be the case, well backed. He is the key to their top 10 future but if his demands put the club’s future at risk, or would mean shelving the policy that brought them here, it’ll be a tough summer.