Half Million Plus Says Jenkins

Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins is prepared to potentially turn his back on what he believes to be in excess of half a million pound to keep Andy Robinson at the Liberty Stadium.

That is the figure that Jenkins believes the player is worth and having already rejected a top bid of £300,000 from Cardiff City. Jenkins insists that the Swans are not looking to cash in on their goalscoring midfielder and is quite happy to get one more season out of the player they plucked from non league football and let him leave for nothing in twelve months time. Quoted in tonight's Evening Post, Jenkins said ''Andy's worth well over £500,000,

''We've looked at various other players who have moved in the summer. Neil Danns is a prime example. He went from Colchester to Birmingham for £500,000 (rising to £850,000). ''Then there's Jason Koumas. Cardiff are thinking of paying £2million for him and in my eyes, Andy Robinson is well along the road to being just as good as him. ''Are any clubs likely to meet our valuation of Andy? To be honest, I don't care because I don't want to sell him.

''I'm quite happy for him to knuckle down for one more season and then walk away for nothing,'' Jenkins added. ''I've got no doubt he will do a good job for us if that is the case. ''He has always been a 100 per cent committed footballer who hates losing matches and besides, he needs to do well to pursue his own career beyond next season.

'If we progress as we hope to and challenge for automatic promotion this season, the whole situation may just sort itself out somewhere further down the line,''

Jenkins also hopes that the fans get behind Robbo on Saturday should he feature in the line up against Cheltenham at the Liberty "We obviously wouldn't like to see Andy Robinson booed this weekend. He is after all one of our players and he is going to stay one of our players. But if it did happen, I would understand the supporters' reaction. "Sometimes when you bring players in, develop them and then stick with them, there should be some form of loyalty. "Too often in football everybody thinks of themselves and I think the world's better than that. "Everybody wants to be treated with a bit of respect and loyalty and that's where some supporters' feelings may come from."