New boss Carlos Carvalhal pledges not to buy Swansea out of trouble

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Carlos Carvalhal has pledged not to buy Swansea out of trouble after being appointed manager until the end of the season.

Carvalhal left Sheffied Wednesday by mutual consent on Christmas Eve after two and a half years at Hillsborough, in which he twice took the Owls into the Championship play-offs.

Swansea have been looking for a new manager ever since sacking Paul Clement on 20 December with the team rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table.

They targeted a manager who was immediately available, preferably with recent Premier League experience, and one who played good football and finalised a deal with the 52-year-old Portuguese on Thursday.

Despite the Swans' dire league position Carvalhal claims the upcoming January transfer window is not high on his list of priorities.

"I did not talk money with the chairman, usually I don't deal with the money, it is my romantic side talking," he said in his introductory press conference. "I deal with footballers, then if we need - try to say which players we need.

"I will try and choose them but the money is not what I want to talk about, I am allergic to money."

Carvalhal has been handed the reins until the end of the campaign and insists his future at the club isn't dependent on whether he keeps the Welsh side up or not.

"I prefer to stay one year, check if the chairman, fans, players are happy with me, and after see the next step," he added." I don't want to stay in a club that the people is not happy with me.

"I don't have a problem with my future. It is not a contract that puts someone at a club. It's the day by day, you prove to the fans, the media.

"If you sign a contract and the people are not happy with you, you will be out. I have a big self-confidence in me and my fans."