Team-mates urged to conform

Swansea's Mark Gower has urged his team-mates to get behind the new manager Paulo Sousa following a week of unrest at the club.

Dutch playmaker Ferrie Bodde, who earned the wrath of Sousa by not attending the first day of pre-season on Monday, and last season's top scorer Jason Scotland have both been linked with a switch to Wigan to team up with former boss Roberto Martinez.

Gower has said anyone unhappy should leave the club, he told the Western Mail: ""If we can get them both on board then it will be fantastic", said 29-year-old Gower.

"But, like the manager said, he wants people committed and if they don't want to be here maybe it's better for them to go because I'm sure there will be plenty of other players who would jump at the chance to play for Swansea.

"The manager stressed to us he can improve us all and everyone's here for a reason. But, although he knows everyone has got the quality, the main things he wants are commitment and desire, that we want to be here, we're happy to be here and we want to give the club 100 per cent and that if you've got a problem with that to go and see him."