PREMIER LEAGUE newbies Brentford have caught the attention this season with a string glorious performances towards the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea.
However issues are nearly as spectacular off the pitch, as Brentford boast a whopping £151MILLION in revenue from transfers within the final six years alone.
The Bees have solid a repute for being a promoting membership, with Brentford persistently seeing their greatest gamers come and go.
However somewhat than being rocked by shedding their prized belongings, the membership have thrived - confirmed by their promotion to the Premier League for the 2021-22 marketing campaign - their first top-flight season since 1947.
A specific variety of participant gross sales from the final six years reveals the membership have splashed out a mixed £22m on signings.
However what's staggering is these gamers have been offered on for a mammoth £173.7m altogether.
It really works out at a complete revenue of £151.2m from participant gross sales.
Ollie Watkins' £30m transfer to Aston Villa in the summertime of 2020 bagged the Bees over £24m in revenue, having recruited the ahead from League Two Exeter for just a bit over £6m.
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Stated Benrahma is one other participant that landed a hefty revenue for Thomas Frank's aspect.
Having been snapped up from Good for a meagre £1.5m in 2018, the Algerian was offered on to West Ham for simply shy of £21m in 2020 - one other monumental £19m in revenue.
So in the summertime of 2020 the Bees misplaced their two greatest gamers for a mixed £51m.
But they nonetheless managed to realize promotion to the Premier League the next season with the play-off last victory over Swansea.
The Bees hit the jackpot with Neal Maupay too, promoting the Frenchman to Brighton for £20m in 2019, having signed him for lower than £2m a mere two years earlier.
That is one other £18m revenue so as to add to the tally.
And B workforce graduate Chris Mepham was offered to Bournemouth in 2018/19 for £12m, having progressed by way of the ranks in West London.
The membership are at the moment enjoying of their second season on the new state-of-the-art Neighborhood Stadium, which value £71m to construct.
So the revenue amassed from these 4 gamers alone is sufficient to pay for his or her ENTIRE stadium.
Ex-Brentford boss Dean Smith was a supervisor who loved raiding his former membership whereas he was in cost at Villa Park.
In addition to Watkins, he additionally paid £12m to signal Ezri Konsa in 2019, with the centre-back having solely joined Brentford from Charlton for £2.6m the 12 months earlier than.
Scott Hogan was one other who swapped Brentford for Villa, handing the West Londoners a tidy £8.6m in revenue within the course of.
The striker joined from Rochdale in 2014 for the tiny sum of £900,000, however was offered on for £9.5m two years later, regardless of struggling two horror ACL accidents.
Elsewhere Moses Odubajo, John Egan, Harlee Dean and Daniel Bentley had been all snapped up on free transfers, however shifted on for a mixed £12.5m within the final six years.
But regardless of having the knack of promoting on their greatest gamers, Frank nonetheless guided the membership to the promised land final 12 months for the primary time in 74 years.
They appear to be sticking round too, and regardless of the 3-1 defeat to Manchester United final outing, the Bees are sitting comfortably in 14th - ten factors outdoors the relegation zone.
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