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efused to grant Coleman permission to speak to Hull City in the summer and would not want to lose
their manager halfway through their qualification campaign for the 2018 World Cup.
Although Coleman stressed in September that he had unfinished business with Wales and was
motivated by the prospect of trying to take his country to the 2018 finals in Russia – his contract
expires at the end of the qualification campaign – he also admitted managing in the Premier League
once more.
Coleman did not feel strongly enough about pursuing Hull’s interest to rock the boat with the FAW, yet
it is unclear whether he would take the same view if Swansea came calling and put together a
financial package that would be well beyond what the governing body could offer.
Giggs, Coleman’s former Wales team-mate, is also under consideration. Huw Jenkins, the Swansea
chairman, is a strong admirer of the former Manchester United player, who missed out on the
Swansea job when Bradley was appointed. Yet Stephen Kaplan and Jason Levien, the Welsh club’s
majority shareholders, may need persuading about the merits of turning to a man with no managerial
experience. It is also unclear how Giggs would feel about taking a position he recently missed out on,
one that represents a bigger challenge now than when he was interviewed in October.
Rowett, who was sacked by Birmingham a fortnight ago with the side seventh in the Championship,
fits the old Swansea prototype of a young, ambitious manager seen as having a promising future, but
he has no Premier League experience and it would be a leap of faith to ask him to turn round the
fortunes of a club that sits second from bottom in the Premier League table, four points and 16 goals
short of safety.
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