[Rex Features]BBCFri, November 28, 2025 at 5:08 AM UTC·1 min readSwansea City's move to appoint Vitor Matos' new-look backroom team is being held up because the staff he wants are waiting to secure work permits.
Matos is keen to bring in Diogo Medeiros, his assistant at former club Maritimo, as well as coach Toze Mendes and analyst and coach Goncalo Ricca.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe trio are not expected to be involved when Swansea go to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, but the Championship club hope they will be on board by the time they host Oxford United on Saturday, 6 December.
Swansea legends Leon Britton and Joe Allen have joined Matos' staff on a short-term basis following the departures of Darren O'Dea and Richard Stearman, who were brought to the club by former boss Alan Sheehan.
Long-serving coach Kristian O'Leary and head of goalkeeping Martyn Margetson remain in place having also been part of Sheehan's management team.
"It's clear which kind of profiles I want. It's clear which kind of staff I want with me," Matos said.
"It takes a bit of time to do all the regulations and to make it everything clean. It's the legal part of the club who is taking care of that."
