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Bees have signed defender Jake Bidwell from Everton on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. It will be Jake's third spell at Brentford, having completed two separate loan periods in the previous two seasons, making 75 appearances in total for Uwe Rösler's side. The 20-year-old left-sided player has agreed a contract that will keep him at Griffin Park until the summer of 2016.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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".| Number of Members: 5,340 Total Threads: 99,441 Total Posts: 2,120,321 Currently Online: 201 Newest Member: w7 bee |
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