Ex-Barnsley FC and Everton defender snapped up by League Two club after Bolton Wanderers exit
Former Barnsley defender Gethin Jones has found a new club following the end of his five-year association with Bolton Wanderers.
Jones was a young prospect cutting his teeth at Everton when he was loaned to Barnsley in January 2017.
He made 17 appearances for the Reds, the first of which came in a memorable 3-2 win over Leeds United. Over eight years on, Jones is now 29 and a senior Australia international.
Bolton may have allowed him to seek pastures new but the defender has not been in free agent uncertainty for long.
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Milton Keynes Dons have moved to recruit the former Toffees prospect, making him their third summer signing after the captures of Nathaniel Mendez-Laing and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy.
Jones will work under former Rotherham United boss Paul Warne, who took the reins after being relieved of his duties at Derby County.
Warne said: “I’ve admired Gethin for many seasons, and I’ve faced him on numerous occasions. He knows what it takes to win, and he’s been successful in a promotion campaign and an EFL Trophy lift with Bolton.
“He can play in multiple positions across the backline, although as an attacking full-back, he provides great delivery into the box, but his flexibility enables us to play different systems.
“When we met, I really liked how he was as a man and his enthusiasm for the game. I find that usually, the players who love the sport give everything, and that’s what we want at this football club.
“It’s a great signing, and we’re all looking forward to working with him when we return for pre-season.”
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Jones added: "I'm predominantly a right-back, but I can play right centre-half across the back five, and as a wing-back.
“I'm the type of player who likes to get up and down the pitch, I like to get crosses in, I like to defend; I'm an all-round full-back who enjoys running so I'll be up and down the pitch quite a bit.
"I look forward to playing for the Dons fans, it's a great stadium and I look forward to seeing them here. I want to get MK Dons back to where it should be, it's a brilliant club and to get that promotion would be perfect."