competing in this league is our realistic ambition - and prize.
Doesn't want to use his Apple Wallet to get in the ground so he's just packing it in completely
That is a great stat, especially when you consider two of the seasons with us were in the Championship
And under "analysis" of each candidate
if he decided to become a journalist or punter he would knock most of them for six. (bad analogy I know...)
I can’t imagine Thomas wanting a position in another Premier League club. He’s more likely to make a career change in another country in my opinion.
Apart from PSG, Madrid and Barcelona, All the big teams are in the PL.
The salary for staying 10 more years at Brentford will be much better than what you get in the 1-2 years(best case) these clubs will let you stay until they get rid of you for no reason
Thomas has worked with MB for long enough to learn life is not all about money - its how you enjoy what you have and he will realise he is unlikely to get the same satisfaction anywhere else
Cant say the same about the hype he had and his reputation
TF is a highly driven, motivated and ambitious individual. He must be in order to succeed in such a ferociously competitive and ruthless elite environment as the Premier League. He isn't a lifelong Brentford supporter living the dream at his own club. However much affection he may have developed for us, Brentford is simply a convenient vehicle for him to develop his career. If he is offered a position at a club that gives him a genuine opportunity to regularly challenge for silverware he will have the self confidence to believe he can make a success of it. and will almost certainly be off. We can't begrudge him that when the time comes - and it will, soon.
Not as straightforward as that. He is smart enough to know the limits of his talent and that to succeed he needs a structure around him that works. Few clubs will offer that. Spurs and Chelsea for example are far bigger clubs but would he work under Levy or worse Boehly who (allegedly) wants input into team selection? I don’t think so.
This is the crux of the matter to me though. Which I've mentioned on a number of occasions.
I think it’s got very little to do with working with MB (who has himself rather heavily focused his adult life on making a huge amount of money doing things he’s very good at and finds interesting). TF clearly cares about lots of things besides money. But it doesn’t mean he’s uninterested in money. It’s bizarre to think that the Brentford job is unique in the satisfaction it might give.
I wondered who'd be the first to raise this perennial and yawn-making non-factual rumour.
He knows exactly what he needs and it's most certainly not Romero at the back, nor Richarlison in attack
Levy is in place because tax exile majority shareholder Joe Lewis wants him there. What Levy owns is irrelevant
IIRC - the only clube that has a manager on treble Thomas's salary if Citeh. If what was written here once upon a time is true (!) Pep is on £15m, Thomas £5m. The other big clubs more like £7-10m
