Brentford have announced the signing of France U21 international striker Neal Maupay from Saint-Etienne. the 20-year-old, who has signed a four year contract, has cost the Bees £1.6m.with hopes that Ollie Watkins will also join from Exeter.Maupay completed a medical on Friday and will join up with Brentford's pre-season training on Monday, after the first team return from a training camp in France. They play Swiss side Lausanne on Saturday. Brentford claim a number of other clubs tried to sign Maupay but the player honoured an agreement to move to Griffin Park. Co-director of football Phil Giles said: "There were many clubs both in England and overseas that were interested in signing Neal this summer. I am very proud of the team effort from everyone at Brentford who contributed to selling our club and our ambition to Neal. He is a good player and a good man.Having made the decision to join Brentford he honoured that agreement despite having other clubs interested ...
Comments
Post a Comment