NATHAN Jones revealed he held a conversation with Duje Caleta-Car ahead of his involvement with the B team on Friday, admitting he could have “come and sat on the bench at Brentford”. Asked if he sees Caleta-Car as important to his team,
Nathan Jones said: “I see them all, we wanted to get five so we can have the options. I spoke to Duje this morning and said these are the reasons why. You can come and sit on the bench at Brentford and maybe not get any minutes and arrive Monday morning having missed two weeks of gametime. Or we can go and do an hour in the B team, and that was the talk. It’s vital and the reason he played is because he is important. It’s not that we don’t want him in the first team, it’s because he could play and be in a better place than he would be sitting on a bus, sitting in a hotel and watching Netflix. It’s a means to an end.”
Saints travel to the Brentford Community Stadium on Saturday, February 4, with the match versus the eight-game unbeaten side kicking off at 3PM. Jones did not rule out Caleta-Car from featuring.
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