New Swansea manager Bob Bradley has expressed his excitement and optimism ahead of working with chairman Huw Jenkins, but has insisted that frequent communication will be key, Sky Sports have reported.

I’m confident I can keep the team up – but it’s always more than just keeping the team in the Premier League.

I think the squad is strong enough, but I think there needs to be regular dialogue about how to improve the squad. We’ve had early dialogue with Huw Jenkins and I appreciate his honesty and perspective. I really feel that the two of us will work well together.

But he also knows I’m going to challenge him. I have ideas. I’m not someone to sit quietly and let everybody else make decisions. I believe in pushing the envelope a little bit and trying to challenge people for where we are, and get better.

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Bradley was appointed manager of Swansea earlier on in the week after Jenkins and his board opted to relieve Italian tactician Francesco Guidolin of his duties and he will look to get off to winning ways when the international break comes to a close.

I think we’ll need to look at all possibilities. But I also think there’s talent and we need to restore some confidence and do some little things better.

The former USA boss is also highly unconcerned about the skeptic view that many Premier League viewers may have of him, given that he is the first American to ever manage a top flight English side.

I do have to expect the same (treatment an Englishman would get in the NBA or NFL), but it’s not the first time in my career that I’ve had to face skeptics. Its part of the deal. In any field there’s a CV, what you’ve done in the past. Sometimes that helps you get the foot in the door.

But then you have to earn respect. You’ve got to go in every day and engage players, man-to-man, look them in the eye, challenge guys to get better. That part of the job doesn’t change. I’ve worked with all kinds of players – some big players – from different kinds of backgrounds and different countries.

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What does change is that, when you play in the top league in the world, you get punished faster, and small mistakes turn into big problems. I get all of that.

Bradley was also fairly unconcerned about The Swans’ underwhelming start to the season, reassuring the Swansea faithful that despite a tricky beginning to the Premier League campaign, the possibilities are high for the season ahead and only minor changes need to be made.

I think it was a tough run of fixtures and a little bit of bad luck, and when things start to go against you, you lose confidence. Then you lose aggressiveness and commitment a little bit.

One thing I’ve said to the players already is that, yes, we want to be a passing team, but when we lose the ball we need to be more difficult to play against. We need to close down a little harder, and work together to make sure the other team can’t just do whatever it wants.

Those are the things that top teams do well.