Nathan Jones outlines Luton Town’s creativity in summer market

Luton Town had a brilliant season last year and were able to make it into the play-offs after a sixth place finish. 

Despite their best efforts, the Hatters lost 2-1 across two semi-final legs against Huddersfield Town, meaning they now face another season in the Championship.

However, Jones will be happy about the positive foundations in place at the club ahead of next season.

That being said, there is work to be done from the boss to ensure his side can compete at the same level next year.

Despite some player departures, Luton have started their business with some strong signings so far.

However, considering Luton have improved every year Jones has been at the club, the Luton boss has admitted this is the hardest job yet, as he told Luton Today: “The process of recruitment is months and months in advance.

“We’ve worked recklessly, myself, Gary [Sweet, chief executive], Paul Watson [chief operating officer], Chris Clark [club secretary], we’ve made sure through the summer to recruit and keep people informed of stuff but it’s never ending.

“It hasn’t been a break, it has probably been the hardest summer that I’ve had personally but also the hardest one recruitment wise because as we said, to improve on the squad is difficult.

“To then add more quality and to keep in-line with our budget and our wage structure, it takes some creative thinking and a lot of hard work to get things over the line.

“We have managed to do that, it has only been three at the minute but we don’t need as much as we had in recent windows.

“We’re very happy with where we are, in a really good place with five weeks to go and the majority of squad in place which means we can work for give week son top of the work we did last year and hopefully we will