Alan Curtis stays as Swansea boss until end of season

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 ex-player and long-term coach 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, leaving City two points above the relegation places, but that run 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

"We've spoken to a lot of potential managers. Some didn't want to leave the clubs they were at this late stage in the season, while others didn't want to put their reputation on the line by joining a club at the wrong end of the table. 

"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."