Brentford have signed defender Sepp van den Berg from Liverpool.
The centre-back was signed by the Reds for £4.4m in 2019 from Eredivisie facet PEC Zwolle and made 4 senior appearances for the membership.
Brentford have agreed to pay £20m up entrance for the defender – who has signed a five-year deal – in addition to £5m in performance-based add-ons.
As well as, there’s a 17.5 per cent sell-on clause.
The Bees beat off competitors from German champions Bayer Leverkusen, who had been finally not able to observe by on signing the centre-back.
Chatting with the membership’s official web site, Brentford head coach Thomas Frank stated: “I am more than happy that we’ve got managed to signal Sepp. I feel it is a nice signing for the membership and the group.
“Sepp is a centre-back with degree and he has the potential to develop even additional.
“He fits our culture and the way we want to play: he is quick, he reads the game well and is composed on the ball in the build-up and in the decisive defending actions.
“Sepp is a good character, and I’m satisfied that he’ll slot in effectively with the group and assist us to push ahead.”
Van den Berg has been watched for a very long time by Brentford and the connection between the 2 golf equipment is a constructive one.
Frank’s facet have already signed a Liverpool participant within the switch window this summer season, with Fabio Carvalho becoming a member of in a £27.5m deal.
Carvalho spent final season on mortgage within the Championship with Hull Metropolis and in addition obtained curiosity from newly promoted duo Leicester Metropolis and Southampton.
He put pen to paper on a five-year-deal, which additionally contains the choice to increase his keep in west London for an added 12 months.
Carvalho on why he left Liverpool
Fabio Carvalho revealed why he made the choice to depart Liverpool on a everlasting foundation to hitch Brentford this summer season.
“I’m not going to just sit on the bench because what’s the point?” he instructed Sky Sports activities after becoming a member of Brentford from Liverpool in a £27.5m transfer.
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Watch each purpose scored by Fabio Carvalho in the course of the 2023/24 Sky Guess Championship season with Hull Metropolis
“I want to play football and show the world what I’m capable of, and why I train so hard every day. I’m not going to be able to do that by sitting on the bench.”
