Swansea City: Boss Paul Clement confident of keeping his job

Swansea City's 2-0 loss at Burnley was Swansea's eighth in the Premier League under Paul Clement this season

Head coach Paul Clement does not expect to be sacked if Swansea City lose to Bournemouth on Saturday.

Swans are 19th in the Premier League after losing four games in a row.

After winning only once in six home matches, Clement believes he still has the backing of owners Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan and chairman Huw Jenkins.

"I have not had any sort of discussion 'if you don't do this and you don't do this' it's going to be the end. Nothing like that at all," said Clement.

"No I don't get that impression, I don't get that impression at all. I know I need to improve the performance of the team.

"Absolutely the opposite - they are behind me and together we are going to get through this.

"I see and meet the chairman every day, he is present at the training ground, we discuss all different matters on a daily basis and I have regular conversations with our majority owners Steve and Jason.

"The communication remains open and positive."

Tammy Abraham is on loan with Swansea from Chelsea

Swansea are the only side in the bottom five who have not made a managerial change this season.

But Clement, appointed last January, laughed off reports linking Welshman Tony Pulis with Swansea following his sacking from West Bromwich Albion.

"I cannot worry about anything like that. The owners are very supportive of my position here," added Clement.

"They are not happy with the performances, the chairman is not happy with the performances, neither am I, neither are the players.

"That is what we have to focus on - getting a better performance. Whether we will get the win on Saturday, we don't know, because there is a lot of randomness in football.

"But what we have to try and do is improve our levels which have not been good enough over the last couple of weeks."

Swansea have won only once in the Premier League at the Liberty Stadium this term and some fans have voiced their discontent.

Clement described morale as "okay" but added: "We are all disappointed we know we are not doing well. It's not like it was at the end of the season when we were picking up valuable wins and steering ourselves to safety."

Clement could be without top scorer Tammy Abraham, who has not trained this week following a back spasm which forced him to be substituted in the 1-0 defeat at Burnley last Saturday.

He will be assessed in training on Friday but is rated "doubtful".

Meanwhile Clement said there had been no contact from La Liga side Malaga, who had been linked with out-of-favour summer recruit Roque Mesa, who joined Swansea from Las Palmas.