Luton boss might make one addition to his backroom staff

New Luton chief Nathan Jones has confirmed he might add one more to his backroom staff after returning to Kenilworth Road on Thursday.

The Town manager is currently working with Mick Harford as his assistant after being appointed on Thursday as the replacement for Graeme Jones, who had his contract terminated by mutual consent last month.

It wasn't just Jones who left though, but assistant manager Gary Brabin, first-team coach Inigo Idiakez and technical goalkeeping coach Imanol Etxeberria, leaving Town short of coaches staff.

During Nathan Jones' first stint with the club, he reshaped the backroom staff, bringing in Joaquin Gomez as first team coach, Paul Hart as assistant manager and Jared Roberts-Smith as head of sports science.

Hart left to be replaced by Steve Rutter, but the original trio all ended up at the bet365 Stadium when Jones opted to move to Stoke City in January 2019.

When asked whether he would look to bring any of them back to the club, Jones said: "We’re going to start off me and Mick and then me and Gary have spoken about bringing one more in.

"At the minute it doesn’t need massive change, so even if wanted to bring all my staff in I’m not sure if this is the time anyway because there is a good group there.

"Too much change and too much unsettling could have an adverse effect so I want to come in, I want to be very hands on with getting my message across, like I was when I initially came in back in 2016.

"There are good people here now, we will evaluate quickly and then have those decisions moving forward.

"There are certain complications if I wanted to bring a load of staff anyway so there is no rush on that, no pressure on that, I’m very content on what’s here.

"When I left, it was left in good hands anyway so I’m looking forward to what I have working here, evaluating and then speaking to Gary if anything needs to be adjusted."

There are plenty of familiar faces for Jones to become reacquainted with though, as goalkeeping coach Kevin Dearden remains, along with head of medical Simon Parsell and the likes of kit manager Darren Cook and performance analyst Pete Booker to name two more.

It's more or less the same playing personnel as well, with a number of the squad, such as James Collins, Danny Hylton, Glen Rea and Luke Berry actually signed by Jones during his first spell at the club.

On his first day back with them, the new manager added: "It is weird as it’s like a scene from E.T. at the minute in terms of the quarantine and the testing, because all the league’s protocols are in place so it’s very surreal.

"But it feels like home that’s the thing.

"That was another big thing to come back, as because people say ‘well you shouldn’t go back’ but this is the same group.

"Apart from Alan Sheehan, James Justin and Jack Stacey it’s the same group and long-term they are misses but it’s the same group.

"For me it was very, very important that the move I made after Stoke was one that I felt immensely comfortable with in terms of believing I can do good work here.

"There’s no better club, there’s no club that I’m more familiar with and there is no club I am more motivated to do well for than this one.

"Never mind what happened, that has just raised my motivation.

"In terms of this move, it’s one I was very motivated for and I had a great desire to do it because one the familiarity, I know what’s here and I’m excited again to work with that."