After winning the Championship play-off final in 2011, Swansea spent seven years in the Premier League before relegation in 2018.
They came close to rejoining the elite in 2020 and 2021, when Steve Cooper led the club to successive play-off campaigns.
Since then, however, Swansea’s best second-tier finish is 10th, with the club’s ambition questioned at various points over the last seven years.
But with a new ownership group in place since last November, Sheehan says there is a desire in the boardroom to return to the highest level.
“I think in the Championship, if you are not talking about the Premier League, I don’t know why we’re here really,” he added.
“It’s not something that’s shouted out, it’s understood that we all want to get there.
“You have got to make a whole lot of right decisions, then you have to have positive energy throughout, you have to win games, you have to build confidence, you have to have the fans onside, you have to have the board onside and the players onside.”
