Former professional footballer Trevor Birch led the sale of Chelsea to Roman AbramovichChairman Trevor Birch has warned Swansea City could face more cutbacks after recording a pre-tax loss of £7m for their first year after relegation from the Premier League. Birch says the club could be forced to make cuts to facilities. Swansea cut their player wages and staff costs almost in half for the financial year ending 31 July 2019. Birch was appointed by Swansea's majority shareholders, Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien, last summer to have operational control of the club. "The decision we make on our academy category status, currently category one, more or less depends on how we decide to move forward in relation to the training grounds," Birch added.

Source: BBC February 07, 2020 14:27 UTC