The Swansea City chairman, Huw Jenkins, has dropped a strong hint Garry Monk is on his way out after declaring “something needs to change”.

Monk took training as usual but Jenkins – in Windsor to collect an OBE for services to sport in Wales – indicated an announcement on the manager’s future may be imminent.

Jenkins said: “We all feel at the club that something needs to change to get things back on a positive note as quickly as possible and get us back to the levels of performances we have got to have to win games at the Premier League level.”

The chairman refused to confirm whether Monk would be sacked but asked if an announcement would be made soon, replied: “Not today, because I am up here [in Windsor].”

Swansea have won once in their last 13 games and Saturday’s 3-0 home defeat by Leicester City left them one point above the teams in the relegation zone.

Monk survived showdown talks with Jenkins on Monday but his departure seems just a matter of time with the club’s former manager Brendan Rodgers and the former Everton and Manchester United manager David Moyes among those linked with the job.

Monk guided Swansea to an eighth-place finish last season but their form has nose-dived in this campaign, prompting Jenkins to admit major changes are necessary. Pressure has been building on Monk, who was named manager of the month for August, for several weeks. Their last victory was at Aston Villa on 24 October, a result that led to the sacking of Tim Sherwood as Villa’s manager.

Jenkins said: “The difference between the end of August and how we find ourselves today is something we haven’t experienced at Swansea before, such a big change around from where we were after beating Man United in the last game in August.

“I think it just again highlights if things are not dealt with and addressed early enough the Premier League is very unforgiving, and unless every angle and everybody’s focus is 100% week in, week out, things can change very quickly.”