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They lost their manager, captain, goalkeeper and two top scorers last summer but are challenging the elite
By WhoScored
Seventh place, just a few points behind Liverpool and Chelsea with nine games to play ? not bad for a side that was condemned to relegation in many pre-season predictions. Brentford have not just defied the naysayers; they are close to creating club history. European qualification beckons for the first time in their 137-year history.
Brentford are challenging clubs with wage bills four times larger than their own. It is easy to forget just how remarkable an achievement this is for a side mocked as ?a bus stop in Hounslow?. They lost four of their best and most experienced players last summer, with Christian N?rgaard joining Arsenal, Yoane Wissa signing for Newcastle, Bryan Mbeumo leaving for Manchester United and Mark Flekken moving to Bayer Leverkusen for a combined ?146m. They were all essential to Brentford last season: N?rgaard was the club captain; Wissa and Mbeumo scored 39 league goals between them (59% of the team?s total), and Flekken made 133 saves ? 25 more than any other keeper in the league.
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By WhoScored
Seventh place, just a few points behind Liverpool and Chelsea with nine games to play ? not bad for a side that was condemned to relegation in many pre-season predictions. Brentford have not just defied the naysayers; they are close to creating club history. European qualification beckons for the first time in their 137-year history.
Brentford are challenging clubs with wage bills four times larger than their own. It is easy to forget just how remarkable an achievement this is for a side mocked as ?a bus stop in Hounslow?. They lost four of their best and most experienced players last summer, with Christian N?rgaard joining Arsenal, Yoane Wissa signing for Newcastle, Bryan Mbeumo leaving for Manchester United and Mark Flekken moving to Bayer Leverkusen for a combined ?146m. They were all essential to Brentford last season: N?rgaard was the club captain; Wissa and Mbeumo scored 39 league goals between them (59% of the team?s total), and Flekken made 133 saves ? 25 more than any other keeper in the league.
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