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and now we want him to hit the ground running in pre-season.” Jones’ new deal means he is committed to Town until at least June 2025, with the club also having an option to extend the terms for another year beyond that.
The Stockport-born forward started out in Welsh non-league football with Ruthin Town and Bala Town, before joining Wrexham’s academy, where he was spotted by Terriers scouts and moved to West Yorkshire in September 2019.
He then signed pro terms less than a year later and, after his first-team outings, was named last season means Town look unlikely to immediately pursue a direct replacement for Pipa, especially as the priority this summer is to add attacking reinforcements and the Spaniard started just six regular league games on the way to a thirdplace finish in the Championship last season.
Sorba Thomas and Aaron Rowe can both play at right wing-back, while B-team right-back Brodie Spencer
Academy Player of the Year in 2020/21. Last season he was hampered by injury during the early stages but he recovered during the latter part of the season, which culminated in his first two caps for Wales Under21s earlier this month.
Away from the pitch, Jones has also represented the club as a ‘Terriers Together’ ambassador, promoting Town’s work in equality, diversity, and inclusion.
He will get a chance to impress when the squad return to training in the first full week of July.
Some players who have been on international duty may be recently won the club’s academy player of the year award and earned his first senior caps for Northern Ireland aged just 18.
Pipa is the first player to be sold this summer, though the club had already announced Tino Anjorin, Levi Colwill and Danel Sinani would return to their parent clubs after loan stints while Jamal Blackman, Reece Brown, Fraizer Campbell, Carel Eiting, Naby Sarr and Alex Vallejo were released. given extra time off before reporting back, but the majority of Corberan’s men will report back for initial testing on July 1 and 2 before training begins in earnest on Monday, July 4.
Town’s first friendly comes the following week as they host Morecambe in a behind-closeddoors game at Canalside on Tuesday, July 12, followed by further friendlies either side of a four-day excursion to St George’s Park in Staffordshire.
The season gets under way on Friday, July 29 as the Terriers host Burnley in the Championship’s curtain-raising game live on Sky Sports.