Said Benrahma

[SheppyFox]

Forgive my ignorance, is the transfer window officially open? And when does it officially close? COVID has me confused and out of touch 🤔

[SamDZ]

I mentioned Benrahma here 5 years ago 
 

i talked about

 

I also said Ghezzal  was a bad deal
i should be hired by LCFC

[HankMarvin]

4 hours ago, SamDZ said:

I mentioned Benrahma here 5 years ago 
 

i talked about

 

I also said Ghezzal  was a bad deal
i should be hired by LCFC

Probably wont get a job but maybe this will make you feel better

 

 

 

[SamDZ]

At the time i was so exited about my discovery  so i sent an email to lcfc
but i don't know why i sent it to the help department
 

[SamDZ]

i got this reply though

[HankMarvin]

23 minutes ago, SamDZ said:

At the time i was so exited about my discovery  so i sent an email to lcfc
but i don't know why i sent it to the help department
 

hmmm what did you know about Mahrez in june 2015, replacement

[SamDZ]

i knew Mahrez since he was in Le Havre

[Lambert09]

9 minutes ago, SamDZ said:

i got this reply though

In that case criminal we didnt sign him. Sack the board!!!!

[SecretPro]

Yup, close thread. No champions league football, no decent transfers. 

[les-tah]

West Brom lost tonight and think they’ve blew it.

I think now Brentford will pip them to 2nd and ruin this signing as they will not need to sell if promoted.

Edited 17 July 2020 by les-tah

[Nicolo Barella]

3 hours ago, les-tah said:

West Brom lost tonight and think they’ve blew it.

I think now Brentford will pip them to 2nd and ruin this signing as they will not need to sell if promoted.

Pereira from West Brom would be available though.

[Scotch]

5 hours ago, Nicolo Barella said:

Pereira from West Brom would be available though.

Hope so, he looks like the ideal player for that RW. 

[chapero82]

16 hours ago, les-tah said:

West Brom lost tonight and think they’ve blew it.

I think now Brentford will pip them to 2nd and ruin this signing as they will not need to sell if promoted.

It’s back on then  

[les-tah]

1 hour ago, chapero82 said:

It’s back on then  

Look silly don’t I 😂

[chapero82]

1 minute ago, les-tah said:

Look silly don’t I 😂

I’ve done worse  

[LestaLad]

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[brookfox]

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[Mehrez]

27 minutes ago, LestaLad said:

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Saïd Benrahma has insisted he is only focused on helping Brentford achieve promotion to the Premier League, even though the winger appears to be heading for the top flight with or without the club.

 

Brentford’s automatic promotion destiny is no longer in their own hands, following the 1-0 defeat to Stoke City, that meant West Bromwich Albion maintained their one-point advantage in second place going into the final round of games.

 

Benrahma and his team-mates must beat Barnsley at home on Wednesday night and hope that West Bromwich Albion slip up against Queens Park Rangers to claim the second automatic spot and avoid entering the play-offs.

 

With almost half the Premier League watching Benrahma, the 24-year-old’s destiny may not be tied to whether or not Brentford can earn promotion to the Premier League for the first time but he remains determined to help the club he owes so much to.
 

“I don’t look at it as my destiny, but it has always been a target of mine to play in the Premier League and I really wish to play in the Premier League with Brentford,” said Benrahma. “It would be magnificent for Brentford to be in the Premier League because it would be the first time and we have really been working hard on it.”

 

Asked if that represented a promise that he will remain at Brentford if the club are promoted, Benrahma added: “For the moment, I am only focused on Brentford.”

 

Benrahma has scored 17 Championship goals, assisting a further eight times, to attract the attention of, among others, Chelsea, Arsenal, West Ham United, Aston Villa, who tried to sign him last summer, Newcastle United and newly-promoted Leeds United.

 

“I was really flattered [to see myself linked with those clubs], but, at the same time, I am so focused about getting out of the Championship with Brentford that I do not pay too much attention. But it gives me confidence.”
 

Another source of confidence is the way in which Jack Grealish, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes and Emiliano Buendia have all made a fast impact after moving up to the Premier League from the Championship in recent years.

“Of course, it is giving me confidence, but, at the same time, everyone has their own destiny and so I’m just focused on myself and I don’t want to compare myself with other players,” said Benrahma. “I’m just focused on my career and my way to go.

 

“I always watched the Premier League, especially Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea. I used to watch when Cristiano [Ronaldo], Thierry Henry and Ben Arfa at Newcastle were playing. Samir Nasri, Arsenal, too. Since I was a kid, I always wanted to play in England.”

 

It is clear that Benrahma feels he owes a debt of thanks to Brentford and their manager Thomas Frank. He had attracted little attention while playing the early part of his career in France and Brentford had no strong competition for his £1.5 million signature after the winger’s statistics on loan at Ligue 2 club Châteauroux had caught the attention of their team of data analysts.

 

“My progression is due to Brentford. Brentford have given me a lot of confidence and it’s because of that I am where I am today,” said Benrahama. “I was not very confident before when I was at Nice but now I feel very confident.”

 

Frank has allowed Benrahma to express himself on the pitch and has also provided support off it after the player’s father died in January.

 

“He was really supportive when I lost my father,” said Benrahma. “He said, basically, ‘you come back when you want to come back’. There was no pressure after the death of my father and I felt no pressure. Maybe other clubs would not have been like this, but the trainer just said ‘come when you think you can come’. 

“I came back because I wanted to play and my father would have wanted me to play.  I felt no pressure from Brentford. I was really motivated and it gave me confidence because the club and the trainer did not give me any pressure. It was this gesture that gave me the feeling to give more to them because I was touched that the club were like this.”

 

Benrahma’s tricky style has earned comparisons with Eden Hazard and he added: “I had this style of playing, but in France I was not so confident to play this way so people saw it less. But Frank gives me confidence to play like this and have this style.”

Frankie and Benny have certainly been good for each other and Brentford will be hoping both get their crack at the big time with the west London club.

[UniFox21]

On an unrelated note, Thomas Frank, their coach could be one to keep an eye on. Seems to be good at developing these talents, he could potentially fit well with our system of doing similar 

[Scotch]

11 hours ago, Mehrez said:

Saïd Benrahma has insisted he is only focused on helping Brentford achieve promotion to the Premier League, even though the winger appears to be heading for the top flight with or without the club.

 

Brentford’s automatic promotion destiny is no longer in their own hands, following the 1-0 defeat to Stoke City, that meant West Bromwich Albion maintained their one-point advantage in second place going into the final round of games.

 

Benrahma and his team-mates must beat Barnsley at home on Wednesday night and hope that West Bromwich Albion slip up against Queens Park Rangers to claim the second automatic spot and avoid entering the play-offs.

 

With almost half the Premier League watching Benrahma, the 24-year-old’s destiny may not be tied to whether or not Brentford can earn promotion to the Premier League for the first time but he remains determined to help the club he owes so much to.
 

“I don’t look at it as my destiny, but it has always been a target of mine to play in the Premier League and I really wish to play in the Premier League with Brentford,” said Benrahma. “It would be magnificent for Brentford to be in the Premier League because it would be the first time and we have really been working hard on it.”

 

Asked if that represented a promise that he will remain at Brentford if the club are promoted, Benrahma added: “For the moment, I am only focused on Brentford.”

 

Benrahma has scored 17 Championship goals, assisting a further eight times, to attract the attention of, among others, Chelsea, Arsenal, West Ham United, Aston Villa, who tried to sign him last summer, Newcastle United and newly-promoted Leeds United.

 

“I was really flattered [to see myself linked with those clubs], but, at the same time, I am so focused about getting out of the Championship with Brentford that I do not pay too much attention. But it gives me confidence.”
 

Another source of confidence is the way in which Jack Grealish, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes and Emiliano Buendia have all made a fast impact after moving up to the Premier League from the Championship in recent years.

“Of course, it is giving me confidence, but, at the same time, everyone has their own destiny and so I’m just focused on myself and I don’t want to compare myself with other players,” said Benrahma. “I’m just focused on my career and my way to go.

 

“I always watched the Premier League, especially Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea. I used to watch when Cristiano [Ronaldo], Thierry Henry and Ben Arfa at Newcastle were playing. Samir Nasri, Arsenal, too. Since I was a kid, I always wanted to play in England.”

 

It is clear that Benrahma feels he owes a debt of thanks to Brentford and their manager Thomas Frank. He had attracted little attention while playing the early part of his career in France and Brentford had no strong competition for his £1.5 million signature after the winger’s statistics on loan at Ligue 2 club Châteauroux had caught the attention of their team of data analysts.

 

“My progression is due to Brentford. Brentford have given me a lot of confidence and it’s because of that I am where I am today,” said Benrahama. “I was not very confident before when I was at Nice but now I feel very confident.”

 

Frank has allowed Benrahma to express himself on the pitch and has also provided support off it after the player’s father died in January.

 

“He was really supportive when I lost my father,” said Benrahma. “He said, basically, ‘you come back when you want to come back’. There was no pressure after the death of my father and I felt no pressure. Maybe other clubs would not have been like this, but the trainer just said ‘come when you think you can come’. 

“I came back because I wanted to play and my father would have wanted me to play.  I felt no pressure from Brentford. I was really motivated and it gave me confidence because the club and the trainer did not give me any pressure. It was this gesture that gave me the feeling to give more to them because I was touched that the club were like this.”

 

Benrahma’s tricky style has earned comparisons with Eden Hazard and he added: “I had this style of playing, but in France I was not so confident to play this way so people saw it less. But Frank gives me confidence to play like this and have this style.”

Frankie and Benny have certainly been good for each other and Brentford will be hoping both get their crack at the big time with the west London club.

He comes across as a really humble and decent guy. 

[Deeg67]

Frank is a major talent and will definitely be a manager to watch in the years ahead.  I'd love to see us make a run at him when BR inevitably moves on but if Brentford stay in the PL, I don't think we'd be enough of a step up.  Frank could easily end up at one of the power clubs eventually.

[Paul Miller]

On 22/07/2020 at 10:20, UniFox21 said:

On an unrelated note, Thomas Frank, their coach could be one to keep an eye on. Seems to be good at developing these talents, he could potentially fit well with our system of doing similar 

That's not a bad shout, Thomas is a fantastic man manager and his rapport with all his players and supporters alike is second to none, when Dean Smith left for Villa, he was plunged in from assistant coach to be the main man, he got of to a dreadful start with no wins in 10 games, but our English owner is not a hire and fire man like so many foreign owners and gave him room to improve, that he did over time by changing how we played, to now bring us almost to the top with a winning run of 8 games on the trot, we now find ourselves on the brink of promotion via the playoffs , I think he could go a long way (hopefully with us) your system and ours is not to far apart, so he could well be a good fit for you. 

[Nicolo Barella]

If Benrahma was a right winger, I think we'd be a lot more heavily linked with him.

[Tielemans63]

Surprised people are so keen on Thomas Frank after he bottled automatic promotion.

[HowardsBulletHeader]

4 hours ago, Paddy. said:

Surprised people are so keen on Thomas Frank after he bottled automatic promotion.

I don't think we are in any position to talk about bottling things right now.