Brentford sign Everton forward
19 year-old striker Chris Long has signed a one-month youth loan at Brentford.
The forward will be eligible for the home match against Norwich on Saturday.
Long, who joined Everton academy at the age of 5, has featured in every stage of the England youth set-up, from Under-16 to Under-20.
Last season Long went to Franchise FC aka MK Dons on loan, where he scored on his debut professional appearance.
You can watch Long score a right corker right here
Celtic target training with Brentford
Celtic target Michael Duffy is training with Brentford ahead of a proposed move.
The Derry striker recently flew to Scotland to train with the SPL champions, but will today play in a development squad game against Wolves for Brentford.
Duffy scored twice against a Newcastle side in his trial at Celtic, netting past Tim Krul.
Millwall kick-off time changed
The kick off for Brentford’s home game against Millwall on March 21st has been brought forward to 1pm.
This is the first time the Bees have hosted The Lions since 2009 in League 1. That match finished 2-2 with John Bostock scoring direct from a corner – the first and last decent he did in a Brentford shirt if we remember rightly.
Brentford beat Millwall 3-2 at The Den earlier this season – Andre Gray scoring two goals.
Millwall are currently 22nd in the Championship, three points away from safety.
Villa midfielder to join Brentford?
Jack Grealish, the 19-year old Aston Villa midfielder, is linked with a loan move to Brentford.
With Alan Judge out injured for a few weeks, Bees will be looking to strengthen their side as they push to consolidate their position in the table.
Grealish played against Brentford last season as part of Notts County’s great escape – in which they avoided almost certain relegation with a tremendous end of season push.
Ipswich, Wolves and Nottingham Forest are also reportedly chasing the midfielder.
Around the Championship
Crystal Palace are rumoured to be close to signing Blackburn striker Rudy Gestede for £4m – who was mysteriously missing from the Blackburn squad who drew 1-1 at Wigan.
Rumours surround Leeds United and a fire sale. Having just sold highly rater Stephen Warnock to Derby, Southampton are now reporting an interest in Sam Byram. Cellini, who has been disqualified as Chairman of Leeds for a few months, has stated that he is willing to sell a few players.
Police have arrested a man in Hong Kong after £2.5m went missing from Birmingham City’s coffers. The midland club’s owners fear that a former employee may have “misappropriated” the funds.
Wigan have rejected a bid for Callum McManaman from Tony Pulis at WBA who has admitted he has made an offer for four players recently.
Norwich
With Mike Phelan having just announced his resignation from Norwich, listen out for the Beesotted podcast this week (will go live Thursday evening) where, as well as other things, Brentford and Norwich fans will be discussing ticket prices following Norwich recently announcing they will be charging Bees fans £35 and Leeds charging £34 .
If you have decided to boycott Leeds or Norwich because of the high prices OR if you agree with the prices please email beesotted1992@gmail.com. We want to chat to you.
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Meanwhile, Watford fans have sold out their allocation for the match at Griffin Park in January after only a few days of going on sale.
If we were to sign Jack Grealish, we would have signed the 2 players (regardless of their young ages as well), who really impressed at Griffin Park last season, in Pritchard and Grealish. And Grealish only got on for the last 1/2 hour but done enough in that time to stand out a mile from others on pitch. That is some work behind scenes if that were to happen.
There is also every possibility that they would both sign on permanent contracts if they thought their chances were limited at their parent clubs.
More exciting times ahead at a club that has been starved of it for so long but the last few seasons have been a pleasure to witness. If it culminated in a dally with the play offs at end of season, just to put the frighteners up our local, supposed ‘bigger’ clubs and give the players more belief for next year, then what progression it will have been. Huge strides. Thank you Mr Benham, Mr Warburton and all others behind the scenes. You’re making the weekends a pleasure to look forward to.