Luke Williams confident of 'exciting future' amid Swansea City takeover

Luke Williams says he's confident a change of ownership will be the 'start of something very exciting' at Swansea City.

News broke earlier this week that chairman Andy Coleman, along with shareholders Brett Cravatt and Nigel Morris, as well as businessman Jason Cohen, were in the process of buying out majority shareholders Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan.

The move, which will also see an extra £20m invested into the club, is currently awaiting the green light from the EFL, and Coleman has already stated that he hopes it will bring "significant opportunities" for the Swans.

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Williams admits he's not entirely sure what the move will mean for the future, but appears confident it could yet signal the start of an exciting new chapter for the club.

"I think we're all holding our breath and hoping it will be the start of something very exciting and I'm confident it will be," he said after the 1-0 defeat at Burnley.

"Of course, time will tell and having spoken to Andy at length, his ambition and his energy is very obvious."

Asked if he felt Coleman was the right man to lead the club into this new era, he added: "I'm absolutely sure of that. There's many issues around football club ownership as I'm sure you know, and well above my level. But the people that I've met, Andy of course is included in that, have shown a real enthusiasm and energy for the club.

"We've not spoken in that much detail yet. So there will be a time when we understand more and how it will impact myself and the team. So we're excited and we're looking forward to it."

On the pitch Williams was left bitterly disappointed as his side were condemned to a late 1-0 defeat at the hands of Burnley at Turf Moor.

A stoppage-time penalty from Jay Rodriguez was enough to seal the win for the Clarets, who are among many people's favourites to go up to the Premier League at the end of the campaign.

But Swansea matched them for much of the afternoon, and were left unhappy at referee David Webb's decision to penalise Matt Grimes for a handball in the 92nd minute.

"I thought the performance probably warranted a point and the manner of course that we lost was really difficult to accept.

"I am a long way from the action and I don’t have a very good view. There were a lot of people in the box competing for the ball.

"There's nothing I can do about it even if it's not a penalty.

"I am not sure the opposition appealed for it too much. I don’t know. It's very disappointing.

"We had one off the line and then there was a great save [from Vigouroux]. It's very, very difficult to accept."