Championship club sign ex-Preston North End, Middlesbrough and Coventry City man at 36
Southampton have snapped the shot-stopper up on a short-term deal
Former Preston North End goalkeeper Jamie Jones has been signed by Southampton.
Following a wrist injury to Alex McCarthy, the Saints have added Jones to their shot-stopping ranks to ‘provide backup’ to Daniel Peretz and George Long.
The Daily Echo state that the club will utilise Jones ‘in warm-ups and as an extra body in training’ to prevent pulling an academy player ‘out of valuable training and matches’.
Jones, 36, most recently represented Warrington Town. He made three appearances for the Northern Premier League club after signing in mid-January.
Now, the experienced goalkeeper makes the step back up to the second tier - with more than 350 Football League appearances to his name.
The former Leyton Orient man was signed by PNE in the summer of 2014, after both club’s respective play-off defeats in League One.
Jones turned out 20 times for North End, keeping nine clean sheets. He had loan spells at Coventry, Rochdale, Colchester and Stevenage while on the books at Deepdale.
Jones joined the latter on a permanent basis after seeing his time at PNE come to an end. He went on to join Wigan, Middlesbrough and Salford.