Ex-Swan says American owners have been 'absolutely rubbish' for Swansea City and tells them to leave

Former Swansea City player Ian Walsh says American owners Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan have been "absolutely rubbish" for the club.

The duo arrived in south Wales in 2016 and have overseen a decline in the club's fortunes, heightened by Premier League relegation in 2018. Resulting financial pressures have meant successive Swansea managers have had to sell their top players each summer to balance the books in SA1, with current head coach Russell Martin no different.

After the 2-0 defeat to Luton on Saturday, Martin admitted he cannot bring in any further signings this summer unless he sells. His remit from the owners is to create assets, he says, with the latest, Flynn Downes, sold to West Ham United for £14million earlier in this window.

Walsh, who represented Swansea over the course of two years and who is now a pundit for BBC Wales, says the owners must back their manager but believes it is already time for them to move on from the club.

"Indirectly he was putting it back on the owners there," Walsh said of Martin's post-match comments.

"For me what that interview did was Russell Martin saying to the owners please, please, please invest in the club.

"The problem with the manager I feel, and he's got to be honest with himself, he wants to play a certain way but you have to have really, really good players.

"If you're signing players from lower divisions who are new to the Championship but haven't played that many games it's going to be difficult.

"If he's not supported by bringing in the players that he needs to play that way and in a successful way, then it's down to the owners.

"The owners have been absolutely rubbish for Swansea City Football Club. The time is now for them to get back on their horses and get back