FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 file photo, Swansea City's manager Michael Laudrup takes to the touchline before his team's English Premier League soccer match against Manchester City at The Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England. Premier League club Swansea fired Michael Laudrup on Tuesday Feb. 4, 2014, with the widely-admired manager paying the price for a slump in the year since winning the League Cup. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)