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Harry Forrester will have showdown talks with sporting director Mark Warburton on Monday. The out-of-contract Bees player was given ten days to make up his mind whether he wanted to stay at Griffin Park or not by Uwe Rösler, giving the Bees boss ample time to find a replacement if Forrester leaves. With the deadline passing earlier this week, all went quiet on the Forrester front, but Warburton insists while Rösler is on holiday, he will not be issuing another ultimatum to the winger.

Warburton said: “I will have talks with Harry on Monday next week. There is no deadline. Harry has been away on vacation, and it's an important decision he's got to make. My opinion is the best place for him is to stay at Brentford Football Club, and we only want players who want to be here. He is a very talented player who had a real hot streak last season, but he could go back to square one if he goes elsewhere.”

Discussions here please.

Bees have signed goalkeeper Jack Bonham from Watford. The 19-year-old has agreed a two-year contract at Griffin Park. Jack is a product of Watford’s Harefield Academy, and having completed his scholarship, turned professional in September 2010. He made his debut for Watford in their final Championship game of the 12/13 season at home to Leeds United as a substitute, due to an injury to Jonanthan Bond.

Sporting Director Mark Warburton said: “We are delighted Jack has agreed to sign for Brentford. He spent two weeks with us on trial at the back end of last season and did well. Jack has had an excellent Academy education with Watford, developing into a fine goalkeeper, with an international pedigree. He has enormous potential and will improve by being within the goalkeeping unit and working with coach Simon Royce".

Discussions here please.

Brentford midfielder Sam Saunders has this afternoon announced that he has agreed a new two year deal at the club. He told his Twitter followers this afternoon “I am delighted 2 have agreed a 2yr contract. love it here and very happy it’s sorted, fantastic bunch of lads and we have unfinished business”.

Meanwhile, Antoine Gounet has left the club. The French goalkeeper (who made a solitary appearance in the FA Cup second round replay win against Bradford City in December 2012) had been unable to dislodge Simon Moore or Richard Lee from the first team. He recently tweeted, “Big thanks for your support, appreciate it! #bees I hope the supporters in my future team will be as nice as you”.

The club has vowed it ‘will not rest’ until it knows how its fans fell victim to fraud before last weekend's trip to Wembley. Supporters have had money illegally taken from their accounts after using the club’s recommended partner website to buy tickets for the League One play-off final against Yeovil Town. While big transactions, including one for £15,000, were stopped before they could go through, other smaller sums were successfully drawn. The site is run by North Devon’s Ticket Zone where fans were directed via a link on the club’s website and via social networking posts. Fraudsters, referred to by the club and Ticket Zone as a ‘man in the middle’, were able to record fans’ card details and quickly ran up a variety of illegal purchases.

A statement on Brentford’s website on Monday said: “An independent investigation of Ticket Zone’s systems is now underway and the police active fraud department have been informed and are also investigating. An investigation as serious as this will not, unfortunately, be resolved quickly. The club is in continual discussions with Ticket Zone and will update supporters when possible. Brentford FC will not rest until the details of what has happened have been made public."

Ticket Zone says it has opened all its files to the police and insists the fraud in question made it impossible for the customer or the company to know it was taking place. Any supporter that believes they have a problem with a booking made via Ticket Zone can contact them on email at customerservices@ticketzone.co.uk, or by calling 08444 99 99 55 (option 3).

Discuss the fraud on the GPG here.

Brentford FC announced today that it is ready to submit a planning application for the proposed new ground. The club has spent the last few months preparing the detailed plans for a 20,000 seater stadium in Lionel Road South. These have included several public exhibitions and discussions with various interested parties as the project leaders prepare to put their ideas before Hounslow Council’s planning committee. Among the main concerns raised during these meetings have revolved around access, transportation, the lack of education and health facilities, permanent changes to the skyline of West London and the fact the site will include the development of hundreds of extra homes in blocks of flats. There have also been concerns over the fate of the club’s current home at Griffin Park which is to be sold off for housing.

Brian Burgess, Director of the team behind the project; Lionel Road Developments Limited, said: "We accept this is a challenging and complex application. For the past 8 months the project team has been working very hard and we have been engaging with a wide range of local residents and others. We believe we have done as much as we can to balance the concerns some of them have with our financial needs to raise the necessary funds to build a multi-purpose new stadium. Our application has three main objectives: first to secure the long term sustainability of Brentford Football Club; second to provide a new home for the Brentford FC Community Sports Trust charity and its Learning Zone and thirdly to create impetus and assistance in the wider regeneration of this part of Brentford. We believe these proposals will bring a wide range of community benefits to the local area and the borough."

The plans will be on show and members of the development team on hand to answer local residents’ questions, next Friday May 31 from 2.30pm – 6.30pm and Saturday June 1 from 10.30am-1.30pm. Both events will be held at Fountain Leisure Centre, Chiswick High Road, Brentford.

The 2012/13 season is at an end and Bees manager Uwe Rösler, sporting director Mark Warburton and owner Matthew Benham have been in discussions with players. Keeping the squad together will be the challenge over the summer, admitted Uwe following Bees' play-off final defeat. He said, "The challenge will be to keep the squad together. If we can do that, we will be fighting for promotion again next season. The owner came into the dressing room afterwards and found some encouraging words for me and the players for next season. My work will now start tomorrow morning to secure the players. I think the players will look back at the season, and what we have been through, and see that Brentford is a good place to be. We have taken this club to a new level, but that last step is always the hardest to take. However, it will be just the start of a new thing to come next year. My players will use it as a motivation. We will learn from the massive experience we have had this season. This team does not know how to give up. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and this team is hungry anyway in terms of motivation".

Tom Adeyemi - Has come to the end of his contract at Norwich City and Uwe has expressed a desire to sign him permanently.

Jake Bidwell - Has one year remaining on his Everton contract and Uwe is hopeful of signing him on loan for the third season in succession.

Marcello Trotta - Has two years remaining on his Fulham contract and is another player Uwe is hoping to retain on loan. However, Marcello has said, "I will go back to Fulham and see what happens. I will do my best and hopefully get some chances over there. They have followed me every week and they have been very happy with my progression. It is crucial that I play first-team football. I am a young player and I need to play, on loan or hopefully at Fulham. It is important for me to play and develop".

Sam Saunders - Out of contract after failing to make the number of starts required to trigger the automatic one-year extension to his deal. He is keen to extend his four-stay at the club and has said, "I have had a really good time here. I don’t know what’s going to happen now. I feel I’ve put myself at the back quite a lot this year and I’ve put the team first. Coming to 30 I want to be playing. I don’t need an assurance to play because no player deserves that. I felt at the beginning of the season I didn’t deserve to be playing because I wasn’t doing well enough. Since January I feel my performances have picked up. I’ve got a good relationship with the gaffer and Mark Warburton. We’ve always been honest with each other. I’ve loved it here. Everything here is set up for the Championship now. It’s exciting to be a part of it. Hopefully it’s all successful".

Harry Forrester - Is out of contract and has yet to sign fresh terms. Has been linked with moves to Championship sides Ipswich Town and Burnley. Bees will be entitled to compensation if Harry leaves because he is under 24. He has said, "I can’t say anything on my future yet. I’ve got a meeting with the owner and we’ll talk about that. Now is not the time. We’re devastated that we haven’t gone up. We’ll see what happens".

Antoine Gounet - Out of contract and has been meeting with Matthew Benham and Mark Warburton.

Harlee Dean - Has a year left on his contract and the club are understood to be keen to tie down his long-term future.

Adam Forshaw - Has a year left on his contract and the club are understood to be keen to tie down his long-term future.

Bradley Wright-Phillips - Has presumably returned to Charlton after his loan spell. Is out of contract and as of April did not know where he future lies.

Lee Hodson - Has presumably returned to Watford.

Antonio German - Antonio German has indicated he will not be accepting the offer of a new contract. The 21-year-old striker was offered full professional terms this summer at the end of his Development Squad contract. He scored one goal in seven substitute appearances for the Club after signing in January 2012. As Antonio is under 24 and has been offered a new contract, Brentford will be due compensation if he signs for another Club.