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SPORTING DIRECTOR WATSON DEPART SWANS…

CHAMPIONSHIP
By Tom Blackett

THANKS: Andy Coleman

SWANSEA City have parted company with unpopular sporting director Paul Watson after just 15 months in the job.
Watson arrived from Luton last summer and was handed oversight of all football departments, including academy, sports science, medical and analysis. He also played a leading role in recruitment.
However, a sequence of blunders and poor transfer windows made him unpopular with supporters.
The appointment of Michael Duff as head coach proved disastrous, and Watson was later pictured sitting alongside Charlton boss Nathan ...

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