Fulham boss Martin Jol denies that Rene Meulensteen's arrival at Craven Cottage has placed his own position in jeopardy.
Jol is under pressure following a run of four successive defeats in all competitions and the club sit in the bottom three of the Barclays Premier League.
The Dutchman masterminded the recruitment of his compatriot, but there has been speculation that Meulensteen is Fulham's manager in waiting, ready to step in should the axe fall on Jol.
"You can always speculate on things. For me that is not an issue," Jol said.
"I know him well, for at least 25 years. He's been assistant to Alex Ferguson and Gus Hiddink. He's a very good coach.
"He was not a manager before so I think his qualities are on the training ground during the week.
"Maybe he has aspirations to manage, you'll have to ask him. But if you look at his CV, he's more of a head coach or assistant manager."
Meulensteen left Manchester United in the summer and Jol revealed it took three attempts to lure him to Fulham.
"I spoke to him in the summer because I knew they wanted to change their staff at Manchester United, but he decided to go to Anzhi Makhachkala," Jol said.
"Then we had a very good discussion with him when he left Anzhi and he had to make his mind up, but I think he had an offer from Germany. Then he decided to go to Qatar.
"Before he signed I texted him again and he texted back.
"It was coincidence because he said he wanted to come back to England. That was very surprising and I was very satisfied with that."
"We needed something, more rhythm. We weren't playing with rhythm and we needed more energy.
"I thought we needed something and he's the right guy. But now we need the results. There's a new spirit and a good spirit."
Fulham face Swansea without centre-back Brede Hangeland who continues to nurse a sciatic nerve problem with Jol unable to set a date for his return.
"It's a real problem with Brede and he won't be involved. Each week I thought he'd come back but he hasn't," Jol said.
Jol admires Swansea's progress since their entrance into the Premier League in 2011 but points out that Fulham have produced superior results during the same period.
"The Liverpool defeat was two weeks ago. There's a new game coming up and we want to do better," he said.
"Swansea play in a very good way that is probably the way we'd like to play.
"Over the last couple of years Swansea have done extremely well, but over the same period we have more points than them.
"That's very positive and people don't notice it, but it's true. We're ready for this match."