Mads Hermansen (close to 18m move to West Ham)

[MPH]

THOMAS FRANK wants to splash out on Leicester's £25million-rated keeper Mads Hermansen.

The Brentford boss is keen on a move for his fellow Dane, 24, who has been a standout during the Foxes’ disastrous season.

 

its from the Sun though so that’s like a tier 100 source..

Edited 7 August 2025 by Finnegan

[pmcla26]

Weird, Flekken has been good for them this season

[21st Century Fox]

That's depressing.

[HitchinFox]

20 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

Weird, Flekken has been good for them this season

I have a Brentford-supporting mate who says Flekken is great with his feet, but not that good at actually keeping the ball out of his net. That, apparently, is the general fan view of him. 

It's funny because the stats suggest otherwise (most saves in the Prem this season etc.). 

 

[honeybradger]

1 minute ago, HitchinFox said:

I have a Brentford-supporting mate who says Flekken is great with his feet, but not that good at actually keeping the ball out of his net. That, apparently, is the general fan view of him. 

It's funny because the stats suggest otherwise (most saves in the Prem this season etc.). 

 

Better save % than Hermansen as well. Flekken is arguably the better keeper and not sure Hermansen would leave to be second choice.

[Finnegan]

If he'd had a full season the way it started, we'd be looking at 30-40m and some of the biggest clubs in Europe having a look. 

 

Given his injury and subsequent struggle to come back to form afterwards, plus our relegation and everyone knowing the state of our finances, 25m to a mid table team is probably about right. 

 

I can see this sort of move happening. Still bags us a 20m overall profit and more than that in-year after amortisation. 

 

Won't be the first, after Barnes and Maddison, to go well below their value because of our situation. 

 

[HankMarvin]

26 minutes ago, HitchinFox said:

I have a Brentford-supporting mate who says Flekken is great with his feet, but not that good at actually keeping the ball out of his net. That, apparently, is the general fan view of him. 

It's funny because the stats suggest otherwise (most saves in the Prem this season etc.). 

 

He has the most saves in the league and the 5th highest save percentage.

 

He was also the highest rated keeper that plays in England on the CIES football

observatory top 100 keepers, for what’s it’s worth.

Certainly has been having a good season and linked with a Bayern L recently   
 

Also as per the below, Frank like his keeper to go long which is not Mads strong point 

 

Edited 6 May 2025 by HankMarvin

[AKCJ]

His last 4 months or so has been fairly crap. I think £25m is a fair price and I also think he'll prove to be a bargain for someone.

[ClaphamFox]

11 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

If he'd had a full season the way it started, we'd be looking at 30-40m and some of the biggest clubs in Europe having a look. 

 

Given his injury and subsequent struggle to come back to form afterwards, plus our relegation and everyone knowing the state of our finances, 25m to a mid table team is probably about right. 

 

I can see this sort of move happening. Still bags us a 20m overall profit and more than that in-year after amortisation. 

 

Won't be the first, after Barnes and Maddison, to go well below their value because of our situation. 

 

Yes, £25m sounds about right. I'd be amazed and delighted if we got north of £30m for him. 

 

I'll be sad to see him go, but Stolarczyk's readiness for the first team softens the blow considerably. I'd rather sell Mads than Bilal. He'll go with no hard feelings and I'm sure will always get a good reception from our fans. 

[HitchinFox]

Just now, HankMarvin said:

He has the most saves in the league and the 5th highest save percentage.

 

He was also the highest rated keeper that plays in England on the CIES football

observatory top 100 keepers, for what’s it’s worth.

Certainly has been having a good season and linked with a Bayern L recently   

Yeah, that's the thing – the data suggests an excellent season. 

I've just had a bit of a read on the Brentford forum and I think fans who don't rate him, like my mate, are in the minority. Some even say he's better than Raya.

They also seem to think he's off to Germany this summer - hence the link to Hermansen.
https://griffinpark.org/forums/threads/mark-flekken.140430/page-31

[Finnegan]

4 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Yes, £25m sounds about right. I'd be amazed and delighted if we got north of £30m for him. 

 

I'll be sad to see him go, but Stolarczyk's readiness for the first team softens the blow considerably. I'd rather sell Mads than Bilal. He'll go with no hard feelings and I'm sure will always get a good reception from our fans. 

 

I assume they'll both go. 

 

I guarantee Bilal's agent has leaked to Tav that nugget about him having a relegation release clause. 

 

We'll sell them both for about a combined 50 which will be something like 30m in profit in year. 

 

[MPH]

I actually mentioned this as a possible move a few days ago .

 

 

it would make sense to me that he would be a flekken replacement and flekken was taking a step up somewhere..

[BeaumontFox]

Get rid. Jakub is the way forward next season

[ClaphamFox]

6 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

I assume they'll both go. 

 

I guarantee Bilal's agent has leaked to Tav that nugget about him having a relegation release clause. 

 

We'll sell them both for about a combined 50 which will be something like 30m in profit in year. 

 

You may be right, but I'm a little sceptical about that tweet from Tavolieri. He clearly states that Leicester have 'just set' the release clause for Bilal, which doesn't make any sense - if he has a clause, it will have been set when he signed his contract. If he's not referring to a release clause but merely the amount the club would let him go for, then €26M seems suspiciously low to me. 

[Lambert09]

Brentford are a smart club,  if they are interested in mads for 25 it’s because they’ll be getting £35m for Flekken. 
 

 

[st albans fox]

2 hours ago, AKCJ said:

His last 4 months or so has been fairly crap. I think £25m is a fair price and I also think he'll prove to be a bargain for someone.

He’s been carrying an injury - could easily have been affecting the distance he can push off to on one side 

 

1 hour ago, Lambert09 said:

Brentford are a smart club,  if they are interested in mads for 25 it’s because they’ll be getting £35m for Flekken. 

Probably something like this 

[adejo92]

Surprisingly unbothered. 

[HankMarvin]

2 hours ago, Lambert09 said:

Brentford are a smart club,  if they are interested in mads for 25 it’s because they’ll be getting £35m for Flekken. 
 

 

It was reported they are open to £12m it also said some prem clubs are interested 

[Finnegan]

Flekken is 31. 

 

Hermansen is just starting his career and obviously has a much higher ceiling. 

 

[Tielemans63]

If we were to get £25m+, that would probably be a good move for all involved.

 

He'll be significantly better than Flekken in the next 18-24 months imho 

Edited 6 May 2025 by Tielemans63

[Muzzy_no7]

Baffling choice if he was to go there with Flekken still being there but apparently Bayer want him so would make sense. 

[Md9]

Probably not a bad move for him they are getting better every season and will be another stepping stone on the way to a big club. No need to rush has plenty of time to get a mega move if this works out for him 

[Pliskin]

55 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Baffling choice if he was to go there with Flekken still being there but apparently Bayer want him so would make sense. 

Baffling? With their Danish connections and the fact they’re a billion miles away from where we are now? 

[Foxin_Mad]

What a disgrace the leaders of this ****ing club are, it makes me sick a tinpot outfit like Brentford can now steal our players because the complete inept muppets running our club have absolutely no clue how to run a football club absolute ***** everyone of them

[MPH]

1 hour ago, Foxin_Mad said:

What a disgrace the leaders of this ****ing club are, it makes me sick a tinpot outfit like Brentford can now steal our players because the complete inept muppets running our club have absolutely no clue how to run a football club absolute ***** everyone of them

 

 

Some people just own their name..