A season 'to start everything and stabilise' - Matos

[Huw Evans Picture Agency] Vitor Matos reckons Swansea City are well placed to progress in 2026-27 after ending a season of change in mid-table. Swansea finished 11th in the Championship for the second year in a row having swept aside relegation concerns following Matos' appointment in November. Matos, who took over after Alan Sheehan's dismissal, believes Swansea have built new foundations following the retirements of Joe Allen and Kyle Naughton last summer and the arrival of a raft of new signings.

"There's a change inside of a squad in terms of leadership, new players coming in, players from outside of the Championship coming in," he said. "So this [season] was the beginning of building something, that was quite clear for everyone. Then of course, [there was me] coming in, trying to use everything that Alan started and to build from that situation towards what I believe in as a manager.

"So if you will say it was a season to start everything and stabilise, I would say yes. "But it [only] counts until the next game, that's the truth, and the next game we need to compete and try to be better. " [Huw Evans Picture Agency] Matos has insisted he does not want to make major changes to his playing squad this summer.

There will be alterations to the Portuguese's backroom team, with Joe Allen and head of goalkeeping Martyn Margetson (pictured above) saying farewell, while Swansea are poised to appoint a new sporting director. Nevertheless, Matos says the club are "getting in a stable moment in terms of structure and in terms of vision". "We know where we want to be and we know what we need to keep doing," he added.