Swansea boss Garry Monk receives backing from captain Ashley Williams

“Before I signed for Swansea, I had offers from big clubs”.

Williams refused to comment on the speculation during the worldwide break, but following Saturday’s 2-2 draw against Bournemouth the Wales captain has voiced his support for his boss.

“But we are going there to try and get something and we will go there with confidence and belief”. Does his affiliation with the club give him some extra time?

“We have been working just as hard on the training ground – there’s no lack of effort from any of the players so on that side of things if your question is does he have the players’ backing, he definitely does”.

His aims now are to simply “carry on and keep pushing these players” as he believes that just “one result or one good performance can change your whole mentality” and a positive one against Liverpool could prove to be the catalyst that the club need to get back to form.

“But we have to look at ourselves first as footballers – we haven’t performed well enough the last few weeks and when that happens people will have to point the finger at somebody”.

Garry Monk’s men have won only once in 10 matches, and they face a nasty run of fixtures next.

Despite Monk’s success last season, guiding the Swans to their best ever league finish of eighth and scoring the most points, with 56, in their history in the top flight, he now finds himself under huge pressure.

BBC Sport also claims that Swans assistant manager Pep Clotet could leave the club as he is being considered to take over at Brentford.

Monk, 36, took charge in February 2014 following Michael Laudrup’s departure.