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​Swansea boss Clement awarded Premier League manager of the month gong

Recently appointed Swansea City boss Paul Clement has won the Barclays Premier League manager of the month award after a winning three of his five games in charge in January.

"January was a good month. Now we need February to be good as well," he said.

Clement told BBC Wales Sport: "It's a great honour for me personally but it's a big recognition for all the work that's been done by the players, the backroom staff and also the support the fans have given us both home and away.

"It's not easy, but everybody is working hard towards our objective which is to remain playing at this level of football.

"We've got 14 games to go, very hard games, and we have to approach each game with 100% focus and concentration to continue getting good results.

"I don't know the folklore but we're working everyday to improve and we've got a very important game against Leicester at home.

"We're glad that last time we played at home we got a positive result against Southampton where the fans were brilliant.

"Hopefully we can give them something else to cheer about this weekend."

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