He openly discusses his faith and his favourite passage is from 46:10 Psalm. The Welshman has around five tattoos, such as Michelangelo's Creation of Adam which drapes across his back. He is fluent in the language, which might delight young Spanish left back Juan Larios, 18, who is getting used to Premier League life after a summer switch from Manchester City.
Jones' WhatsApp status reads trabajando, Spanish for 'working'. 'Particularly the style of Spanish football and a different way of training and preparing for matches.' 'The life experience was tremendous and it taught me a lot,' he said. He joined Spanish lower-league outfit Badajoz and later moved to Numancia, where he first realised his ambition of becoming a coach, having studied their boss Antonio Gomez, who planned training sessions out with army-like precision. 'I was homesick at Luton so I went to Spain,' he laughed last season in one of his customary honest interviews.
It was at this juncture he considered giving up on the beautiful game, but took the unorthodox step of gaining experience abroad. Jones was signed by David Pleat at Luton Town for £10,000 as a teenager but never made a senior appearance.
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