These are your Swansea City stories making headlines on Thursday, June 8.
Morgan Whittaker bidding war
Good news for Swansea - four clubs are eyeing a move for striker Morgan Whittaker this summer.
Football Insider report Rangers, Plymouth Argyle, Coventry City and Sunderland have all expressed an interest in the 22-year-old.
Gers and the Pilgrims' links with the attacker date back six months, with Whittaker having spent a fruitful six months at Home Park on loan, which first alerted the Scottish giants to his services.
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Plymouth, recently promoted to the Championship, have made no secret of the fact they'd like to bring him back to Devon, while Rangers boss Michael Beale was open on his admiration for the Derby County product.
Whittaker still has two years to run on his Swansea contract and he may well be keen to see who the next manager is in SA1 before making any decision on his future.
Where we stand with boss hunt
Chris Davies is a leading contender to succeed Russell Martin as Swansea City's next boss.
It's understood Davies, who last worked as Brendan Rodgers' number two at Leicester City before their relegation from the Premier League, is under serious consideration by the Swansea board, as they look to line up a replacement for the outgoing Martin.
Other corners of the media have now claimed Davies is now the preferred candidate to take over. It's not yet clear whether those suggestions are accurate, but he is certainly a strong contender to take over at this stage.
Downes, Fabianski celebrate famous win
Former Swansea players Flynn Downes and Lukasz Fabianski now have European honours on their CVs
West Ham beat Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League final in Prague on Wednesday night courtesy of a last-minute Jarrod Bowen winner.
Downes and Fabianski were unused subs in the final but were part of a squad which won its first major silverware in 43 years.
The former joined the Hammers in an £11million deal last summer, while Fabianski swapped south Wales for east London following Swansea's relegation from the Premier League.
Selles speaks out
The man Martin is replacing in Hampshire, Ruben Selles, has spoken about how his exit was handled at St Mary's.
Selles made it quite clear he wanted to stay on at the club but the higher-ups made their minds up that they wanted to head in a different direction - and that means making Martin their new man at the helm.
Selles says he's had offers in England and Spain already.
He said (via HampshireLive): “After the game against Brighton (21 May) they called me in for a meeting the next day and told me they wanted to go in a different direction. I respect that and it's the club's decision. I would have liked to have stayed and continued with the project because I now know everything in Southampton.
“I know the players, what personnel we need for the coaching staff, the environment and the country. But again, it's not my decision. They made a different decision and I respect that. When I was manager, I decided through a verbal agreement with them that I wouldn't go back. At that time, I needed to invest everything in the position of manager.
“I don't do anything by halves or be protective of myself. I also try not to have a plan in case something doesn't work out. I wanted to send a signal that I was fully invested in the job as a manager. It was not possible for me to do it in other ways, and therefore it is not possible to continue as an assistant next season."
He added: "I've already spoken to clubs in England and Spain. Let's see who is interested in talking to me and starting a project together. My priority is to get to a place where I feel the club believes in me straight away and where I can develop a project that can be taken to a new level.
“I want a place that trusts my plans right away. There is an ambition to deliver results, but it is also about the time when you want to establish yourself at a new level.”
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