Chairman Huw Jenkins has admitted to turning down the chance to sign Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy and Crystal Palace’s Yannick Bolasie, according to reports.

Jenkins, 52, is a lifelong Swans fan. He was appointed Chairman in January 2002.

During a fans forum, Jenkins admitted that Michael Laudrup opted to sign Spaniard Michu when Swansea had the chance to sign Jamie Vardy for just under £1 million (£800,000).

Although this was a good signing at the time with his brilliant goalscoring form during the early part of his Swansea career, it didn’t quite work out in the long run as he was released in October following injuries and slump in form. Michu is now making his trade in the Spanish third division with UP Langreo.

Jenkins piled on further misery and the thought of what could have been’s’ when he announced that Swansea could not pursue with the deal of Yannick Bolasie when he was at Plymouth Argyle. The Crystal Palace winger has now taken the Premier League by storm and is now worth 100x (£20 million) what he could’ve been signed for.