Swansea City have issued a hands off warning after Paulo Sousa was linked with the Burnley job

The Swansea City manager's name was one of those linked with the vacant Burnley job after Owen Coyle agreed to join Bolton.

But the Swans were quick to say that Sousa was not going anywhere just seven months after seeing Roberto Martinez depart for a job in the North West.

Speaking to the Evening Post, the Swans Chairman Huw Jenkins said "If a manager is relatively successful with a club in the Championship, he is always going to be mentioned when a vacancy comes up in the Premier League

"But I would say two things.

"One, I don't think Burnley will be getting in touch with me. And two, even if they do, I think you can state that I won't be letting any club talk to our manager

"I think the biggest thing this shows is that we have a steady, stable football club which is well run," he added.

"We give every manager an opportunity to succeed if they have talent, and Paulo has shown he has talent.

"He had a difficult task following Roberto and we all know about the injury problems he had to cope with at the start of the season, but we have come through that as a club now.

"Swansea City give any manager a good platform to work from these days — that's why Paulo wanted the job — and I think most people within the game now recognise that."

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