Luke Williams reveals the real reason he was sacked by Swansea City, there was big ‘conflict’ behind the scenes

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Since losing his job back in February, Luke Williams has stayed pretty quiet. Now, he’s finally spoken up about what was going on behind the scenes at Swansea City.

Williams left Swansea in a pretty sorry state, with the Welsh outfit only just sitting outside the relegation battle.

While the fear of dropping out of the division has become a distant memory since Williams’ departure, there are still issues to be resolved at the club.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
8	MillwallMillwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West BromWest Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	SwanseaSwansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield WednesdaySheffield Wednesday	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	NorwichNorwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	WatfordWatford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57

Alan Sheehan has since taken over as permanent manager, and guided the Swans on an impressive run of form that saw them end up in 11th place in the Championship table.

Things are seemingly more stable now, but Williams’ latest comments suggest there is more than meets the eye at Swansea.

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What Luke Williams said about Swansea sacking

Speaking for the first time since his Swansea exit, Williams was full of praise for his successor, telling the Football League Paper: “I look at Swansea under Alan and I think they’ve found the direction they want to go in.

“Everybody is in line. The atmosphere is positive. I’m happy for them because the club I walked into was very torn.”

Discussing that problem, Williams added: “I tried to bring stability and I was always battling to get some direction. But I think I was only every seen as a short-term stopgap.

“I fitted the idea and the image of what people wanted a Swansea manager to be. I was there to try and give a feeling that the Swansea style and image is coming back and some people at the club did want that.

“But in reality. I think there are a number of people in the club that are trying to move away from that image to something very different. That was a constant source of conflict.”

Developing on this idea, Williams cited the confusion around the club’s ownership as a major issue.

“I mean, look at what happened with Richard [Montague]. They brought him to work with me, but the period of that time he was working his notice at Notts County there’d been a takeover. The new owner didn’t want me and so he instructed the chairman to fire me,” Williams claimed.

However, Williams is letting bygones be bygones. He concluded: “That’s gone. Now I’m hoping that they are finally going to be on the same page from board level to manager to recruitment. That they get players in who are going to be really comfortable with the regime. That the board are going to be very supportive of the head coach at the staff.

“And the head coach can implement what he wants to implement with people very much onside. And I think that’s a really good thing.”

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Alan Sheehan can lead Swansea to great things next season

Incredibly, Swansea have picked up 17 points from their last ten games under Sheehan’s stewardship.

That’s actually better than the form of the Championship play-off teams this year, and arguably, had Sheehan been in charge any sooner, the Swans could have ended up in the top six at a push.

It will be fascinating to see what Sheehan can do in the 2025/26 Championship campaign, especially if Swansea have a fruitful summer.

He will be hoping the pull of Luka Modric can pay dividends, and there’s no doubting that, with a few strong additions, Swansea could end up being a major player next season.