Maupay withdrawn from Bees squad and given time off
Neal Maupay has been withdrawn from Brentford’s pre-season squad and will not play in the friendly against Dynamo Kiev in Austria today.
Sheffield United want the Bees striker and there have been enquiries from Aston Villa, West Ham and Brighton.
Amid much speculation over his future, Maupay has been granted time off by the club and is expected to return to his native
France until early next week.
Maupay, 22, has been told to report back for training on Tuesday.
Brentford want at least £20m for Maupay, who scored 28 goals for them last season.
The Bees have noted that financially troubled Birmingham City sold striker Che Adams to Southampton for a reported £15m.
Brentford, on the other hand, do not need to sell so feel they can hold out for significantly more than that amount.
They have already banked sizeable transfer fees for several players in recent years, including the recent sale of goalkeeper Daniel Bentley to Bristol City and Chris Mepham’s January move to Bournemouth, so are in a position to play hardball.
There is also a belief that Maupay’s market value will increase further by the time the January transfer window opens if he stays at Brentford and continues his prolific form during the first half of the coming season.
Maupay was signed from St Etienne in 2017 and is under contract at Griffin Park until 2021.
13/07/2019 @ 1:10 pm
I wish all these big clubs would just give it a rest. All these planted rumours / stories are designed to upset the player. Brentford should just come out and say, he’s our player, he’s going nowhere, we don’t need the money so do your own analysis and recruiting!!!
13/07/2019 @ 10:57 am
As a villa fan I would like to see him join us I believe he would be ideal playing along side Wesley Moraes, he has previously played for our manager and I think he would be up for joining us given the opportunity.
I just hope we can get this over the line. Tough on Brentford but a lot of money and the lad willl get to play PL football.