Quite. It was eyebrow raising enough that they'd take a punt on him to the tune of around £30m. Their previous highest singing was £23m on Nathan Collins last summer:If that’s the truth, no chance a club as frugal as Brentford takes that risk.
Harsh for the kid.

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