Leman leaves Swansea for Portsmouth role

Swansea's Head of Performance Intelligence Ian Leman has left the club to join fellow Championship club Portsmouth.

Leman becomes Pompey’s Elite Performance Insight Lead and has worked for the club before as Performance Improvement Consultant during the 2023/24 season. He was also advising Swansea during the same period before joining the Welsh club full-time in October 2024.

Before working in football, Leman spent 12 years in the UK military, including three tours of Afghanistan leading elite teams on military intelligence operations and working on defence liaison operations in the Middle East and South East Asia.