Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins resigns

“For the past several transfer windows. It has left the club in a weakened position where strong action had to be taken to rectify the situation.

“Hopefully this is an opportunity for a new chapter in the club’s development. It is an opportunity to rejuvenate, to bring in fresh methods of working and move forward with a strong decision-making process.”

The club said the search for a leader of football operations to work closely with the senior management team and Graham Potter and his backroom staff had already began.

They added the search would be conducted in close co-ordination with the Supporters Trust.

Jenkins said Swansea City had been “a massive part of my life from a very young age.”

“I have been very fortunate to fulfill my childhood dreams over the last 17 years or so providing direction and leadership at the club whilst moving through the football leagues and competing with the elite of British football in the Premier League for seven seasons,” Jenkins added.

“Gradually over the last few seasons my role as Chairman providing such leadership and direction has been eroded away.

“Finally I can sit back no longer and hide behind my position and stay true to myself and my beliefs.”

Swansea spent seven seasons in English football’s top-flight after the beating Reading in the Championship play-off final at Wembley in May 2011.

The Welsh club won the Football League Cup in 2013 and qualifying for the Europa League.

“To have lead our football club through the greatest period in the clubs history has been a fantastic experience,” Jenkins added.

“The atmosphere that we created within the club was without a doubt one of the key factors to our success over many years.