Southampton’s head of national recruitment Simon Jones has left the club and is set to join Tottenham Hotspur.
Jones, who joined Southampton from Birmingham in September 2021 as initially a lead regional scout, was promoted to head of national recruitment, looking after the age groups between under-14s and under-19s. He is likely to reunite with Jack Chapman, who made the same move earlier this summer to become Tottenham’s new head of academy recruitment.
Both figures were highly rated at Southampton, with Chapman credited with helping to rebuild the recruitment and pre-academy...