I don't know much about this Paul Watson, but something has been working well at Luton, could he be the footballing man to help us rebuild with Nathan Jones and his coaching set up?
https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/ ... -clarifiedAs we know chief operating officer at Luton Paul Watson has been spoken to by the Swans. Those talks stalled because of Luton Town’s championship play off success but also because there are other details to him becoming Swansea City’s new ‘football man’
We now understand that Watson is keen to renew his acquaintance with Nathan Jones, and that’s the first link, both spent a good degree of time successfully reshaping Luton Town’s player trading model. It’s a simple one, Luton recruit well but also by offering extremely low wages ( hence the Swans interest in him ) Watson we understand would require Jones to be a part of the deal that brings him to Swansea. It’s not a deal clincher but it is his preference.
Alongside that if Jones is spoken to he will want his own staff brought in. Those appointments are coaches Chris Cohen ( Ex Forest ) and Alan Sheehan ( Ex Notts County ) That’s a given regardless if Jones succeeds Martin or not. Jones spoke of Cohen when he left Luton for Southampton. His path into coaching began with Forest's Under-23s before he joined Jones at Luton in 2020. When Cohen was subsequently promoted to assistant manager in July of that year, Jones said of him: “Chris is key to how we work and key to what I do, because he’s a real trusted assistant”