Laudrup unsure on Sinclair future

Swansea boss Michael Laudrup has revealed Scott Sinclair has told the club he will not renew his contract, which expires at the end of the season.

The 23-year-old has been linked heavily with move to Premier League champions Manchester City in recent weeks, who have put in an offer for the former Chelsea player.

With only days left of the transfer window, Laudrup said he is unsure of the forward’s future, but left him out of his squad for Saturday’s 3-0 win over West Ham, which continued his perfect start to life in the Premier League.

“There is a lot of interest in Scott,” he told reporters. “I really don’t know if he will be here after Friday but everything is possible. It is possible he stays, it is possible he leaves.

“Last week after the game I said it was no problem bringing him into the squad. He did a good job, he came off the bench and he scored.

“There are a lot of things going on around Scott and I spoke with him and we decided it was better for everyone that he did not participate at all in the game.”

Laudrup was happier to discuss his side’s early-season form, with goals from Angel Rangel, Michu and Danny Graham firing them to a convincing win over Sam Allardyce’s side.

To start with two wins is great. We know things will not always like that,” Laudrup told BBC Sport.

“The fans always enjoy when you win but I think they have a style here that’s (already been) created and we just continued this season.”

Laudrup also hailed the performance of former West Ham midfielder Leon Britton, after an influential afternoon.

“He and his position is very, very important,” the former Denmark international said. “You always see the ones that score the goals or saves the goals. The team is very important.

“One of the most important things, because we have a lot of small players, is move the ball around and take good positions. Leon is very good at that.”

Allardyce, meanwhile, lamented a pair of defensive errors that gifted Swansea a 2-0 lead, with goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen and defender James Collins the men at fault.

“We made two very poor mistakes by our two most experienced players on the field which cost us dearly,” Allardyce said. “These mistakes were punished by Swansea.

“I’m disappointed because we got a good solid base last week and it looked apparent to me we were in control again.

“We were under no pressure but to make those mistakes, at this level, is unbelievable.

“We made things hard for ourselves. Our performance overall in the first half, apart from those two mistakes, was very good.”