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If Graham Potter and Billy Reid's stay in Swansea City were to be successful, Graeme Jones might be right to celebrate his role.
But for now, Jones hopes to upset his two friends when he returns to Liberty Stadium with West Brom on Wednesday night.
Jones, who has long worked with Roberto Martinez with the Swans, Wigan, Everton and Belgium, is now Darren Moore's Hawthorns badistant.
The Baggies are fourth in the standings and are the division's top scorers, while the Swans slipped to 10th place after losing 4-1 to leaders Norwich.
Even though he left the Liberty almost 10 years ago, although he had the opportunity to come back himself as a manager, he was a sounding board for Potter when the young man of 43 years approached him. L & # 39; summer.
The two men had remained friends since they had played together at Boston United during the final stages of their respective careers.
Jones had helped prepare Potter for his work at Ostersund, where he would spend seven years and make the Swedish club fourth in the league, in the glory of the cup and in the European adventure.
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After playing at Reid in Hamilton, Jones also played a key role in bringing Scottish and English into contact with Sweden, creating the leadership team at the helm and making an encouraging start in the life of SA1.
Both Potter and Reid have spoken warmly about Jones, but the subtleties will have to wait for the final whistle at the Liberty.
"Graeme played a big role in my departure for Sweden so it's a person to whom I owe a lot – it's him who recommended me to the president," Potter said.
"I have the greatest respect for him as a man and as a coach." He coached in the Premier League for a decade, he won a FA Cup winner medal and a bronze medal of the World Cup.
"It's an impressive feat that does not have many British coaches, it's not that bad at all."
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"I spoke to him this summer when I was lucky enough to come here and he knew my situation in Ostersund.
"He was a friend to me and he said to be careful, because British football can be very unstable in the sense that I knew my job was safe in Ostersund.
"It was unlikely that I would be fired, and you have a family and things like that to consider.
"We had good discussions and he was very positive about Swansea, but he also knew that the work was huge and that it was not the same as when he was here.
"Roberto and he were creating a style of play, the dynamics were going in the right direction, they were at the beginning and it's not that easy to do now."
"But he gave me a very balanced view of things.It's a really sensible guy and he recommended me Billy, even though I might not have had to." 39; listen!
"This is someone I still talk a lot with and who I respect a lot, he had a great career and will continue to do it, but the friendship has to come out of the door until we can take a drink after the match. "
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