sport news Ugly legal dispute threatens to engulf ownership of Swansea

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An ugly legal dispute is threatening to engulf the ownership of Swansea City sending the club into further off-field chaos.

The Championship club is seeking stability after a turbulent end to the January transfer window that saw chairman Huw Jenkins resign after 17 years in the role.

Yet behind the scenes, a row continues to rumble over the initial takeover of 2016 that saw shares sold to Americans Jason Levein and Steve Kaplan who took a controlling 68 per cent. The Supporters Trust claim they were excluded from negotiations, in contravention of a what they claim is a shareholders agreement.

The Trust have made public protestations that they wanted all parties to attend mediation in order to avoid going to court over the dispute and a date was set for this month, however, Sportsmail now understands that the Trust have for the second time, unilaterally at the last minute, withdrawn from the mediation.

A statement issued by lawyers acting on behalf of club shareholders said: 'We act on behalf of the

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