Cabango 'would love' Sheehan as permanent boss

Alan Sheehan (right) is enjoying his second stint as Swansea's caretaker boss

Swansea City captain Ben Cabango "would love it" if caretaker boss Alan Sheehan takes the role on a permanent basis.

Cabango struck their winner at Sunderland on Saturday, a fifth triumph under Sheehan since he took the reins following Luke Williams' February departure.

After flirting with a fight against relegation, the Swans now sit seemingly safe with 54 points at 12th in the table with four games left this season.

"You can see all the players are behind him now, and I feel like he's done superbly well in his period he's had and the period he had previously as well," said Wales defender Cabango.

"So he shows the qualities as a manager and I'd be delighted if it was him."

Swansea have spent much of 2025 trying to avoid dropping towards the bottom three, thanks largely to a run of seven defeats in nine league games which led to former boss Williams' exit.

Under Sheehan, the they have earned 17 points from nine league games.

Sheehan joined Swansea in the summer of 2023, initially as assistant head coach to Michael Duff.

After Duff's departure, Sheehan had seven games as caretaker boss in 2023-24 before reverting to his original role when Williams took over in January 2024.

Having stepped up for a second time two months ago – and then agreed a deal until the end of this season last month - Sheehan is waiting to discover whether he will be offered a long-term contract.

The Sunderland victory was a fifth since Sheehan took the reins, with only two defeats coming during what has been an encouraging run.

But question marks remain over Sheehan's long-term future with Swansea known to have considered numerous options in the search for Williams' permanent successor.

Relishing clean sheets

Cabango said it was "a great feeling" to hit Swansea's 58th-minute winner at Sunderland.

But he also relished a third successive clean sheet as part of their rearguard.

"I feel like we're loving defending as a team right now. Everyone's just giving it everything," Cabango said.

"We're recovering well. If there's a mistake, we're always backing each other up and it's a good feeling that we've just got that foundation so we can build on it.

"We've got to appreciate the blocks because they're always key moments in games and I feel like, when you do appreciate them, people want to do it more and we want to throw our bodies on the line and keep them clean sheets."

Cabango also believes winning at promotion contenders Sunderland and drawing 2-2 at leaders Leeds United in March shows they can "definitely" compete with the division's best.

"They're two one of the hardest places to go in the league and the performances we've showed here (Sunderland), we've not just sat in, we've actually created chances, especially in the Leeds game," he added.

"I think we were a bit more penned in (at Sunderland), but we're showing we have that quality when we do get the chances and we put them away, and we're hard to break down."