{"id":435444,"date":"2011-06-03T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/03\/west-bromich-albion-sign-preston-defender-billy-jones-on-three-year-deal\/"},"modified":"2011-06-03T14:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T14:25:00","slug":"west-bromich-albion-sign-preston-defender-billy-jones-on-three-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/03\/west-bromich-albion-sign-preston-defender-billy-jones-on-three-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"West Bromich Albion sign Preston defender Billy Jones on three-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Sam Bisby<\/h3>\n<h4>3 Jun 2011 15:25:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"86.7887438825\">\n<div readability=\"15.868852459\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Roy Hodgson, West Bromwich Albion (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/124400\/124433_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Roy Hodgson, West Bromwich Albion (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/112\/west-bromwich\">West Brom<\/a> have made their second signing of the summer after completing a deal for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/712\/preston\">Preston North End<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/43505\/billy-jones\">Billy Jones<\/a> on a Bosman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 24-year-old has signed a three-year deal at The Hawthorns after passing his medical and will officially join the Midlands outfit on July 1 after his contract at Deepdale runs out at the end of the month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A right-back by trade, Jones joins centre-back Gareth McAuley as the Albion\u2019s second signing in two weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Manager Roy Hodgson expressed how pleased he was to capture the signature of the defender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I&#8217;m delighted to welcome Billy to the club,\u201d the former Liverpool boss told Albion&#8217;s official website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We&#8217;re really pleased we&#8217;ve been able to secure his signature in the face of stiff competition from other clubs for his services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It is great that he has chosen our club as the place to further his career and we are looking forward to working with him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We have been monitoring Billy&#8217;s progress for some time and, like the player himself, we believe this is the right moment for him to move up a level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;He has been a very consistent performer in the Championship for a long period and this is his chance to show he can be as good a player in the Premier League.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The former England Under-20 captain has made an impressive 311 caps at senior level and made his league debut with Crewe in the Championship at the tender age of just 16.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It has been fruitful season for the Shrewsbury-born defender as he scored six times in 45 starts and finished the campaign as Preston captain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/03\/2516122\/west-bromich-albion-sign-preston-defender-billy-jones-on\" title=\"West Bromich Albion sign Preston defender Billy Jones on three-year deal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Bromich Albion sign Preston defender Billy Jones on three-year deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Sam Bisby 3 Jun 2011 15:25:00 Roy Hodgson, West Bromwich Albion (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players West Brom have made their second signing of the summer after completing a deal for Preston North End \u2019s Billy Jones on a Bosman. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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