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Head coach Luke Williams hopes a change of ownership at Swansea City will mean a "very exciting" future for the Championship club.

Swansea chairman Andy Coleman and fellow shareholders Brett Cravatt and Nigel Morris - plus businessman Jason Cohen - are in the process of buying out majority owners Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan.

Coleman has said the takeover will bring "significant opportunities" to the club, who are 11th in the Championship after Sunday's defeat at Burnley.

Williams, who signed a three-and-a-half year contract when he took charge in January, hopes the imminent change in the boardroom will mean a step forward for Swansea.

"I think we are all holding our breath and hoping it's going to be the start of something very exciting," he said.

"I am confident it will be, but of course time will tell. Having spoken to Andy at length, his ambition and his energy are very obvious.

"There are many issues around football club ownership as I am sure you know and [which are] well above my level. But the people I have met, Andy of course included in that, have shown a real energy and enthusiasm for the club."

American businessmen Levien and Kaplan have been Swansea's major shareholders since buying control of the club in 2016.

Coleman has suggested the deal which will end the Levien-Kaplan era - during which the duo have been unpopular with many fans - could see more than £20m brought into the club.

Williams says he does not know whether the change at the top of the club will have an impact on transfer plans.

"We have not spoken in that much detail yet," he added.

"There will be a time when we'll understand more about what it’s going to mean and how it's going to impact me and the team. We are looking forward to that."

Williams revealed he has had little contact with Levien and Kaplan, with Coleman in charge of the day-to-day running of Swansea since he became chairman in May 2023.

"I am sure [Levien and Kaplan] had good intentions - I am sure there were many difficulties," Williams said.

"It's for me to concentrate on the players on the pitch, but what's happened has happened and I am sure we are going forward in the right direction now."