'Let’s address any elephant in the room. I’m not the biggest name they could have gone for...'
Jones explains the ‘parallel’ between Luton and Southampton that lured him to St Mary’sNathan Jones insists his work at Luton gives him the confidence to succeed in the Premier League amid talk Southampton should have targeted a big-name candidate to replace Ralph Hasenhuttl.
“They are going to dissect things, they want substance. The lure of it wasn’t just the Premier League, or that Southampton have got a fantastic stadium and a beautiful training ground. “They looked at a lot of people and I came out high on their list in terms of what they specifically wanted to build.
He returned to Luton 18 months later and guided the Hatters to a sixth-placed finish in the Championship last season before they lost to Huddersfield in the play-off semi-finals.
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