The club is happy enough for Curtis, the 64-year-old Swansea legend, to carry on for the weekend following the side’s much improved performance in their unlucky defeat at Manchester City on Saturday. Jenkins is understandably determined to find the right person, with the £5 billion Premier League TV deal kicking in next season and would-be US investors apparently interested.
Huw Jenkins will take his time to find the right person
Bielsa would be a risky choice, however. He made his name as manager of both Argentina and Chile and then with Athletic Bilbao. The 60-year-old took over at Marseilles last season, and led them to the top of Ligue 1 before they finished fourth. He resigned after just one match of this season, citing “instability in the club” and thus ensuring his nickname, “El Loco”, stuck yet further.
Jenkins has a reputation of appointing young, hungry managers and Bielsa hardly fits this mould. Yet Pep Guardiola described him as “the best coach in the world” and although he does not speak English would fit in with the Swansea philosophy of “possession football”.