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 in the end not able to comply with via on signing the centre-back.
Van den Berg has been watched for a very long time by Brentford and the connection between the 2 golf equipment is a optimistic one.
Thomas 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 likewise obtained curiosity from newly promoted duo Leicester Metropolis and Southampton.
He put pen-to-paper on a five-year-deal, which additionally consists of 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 affix Brentford this summer season.
“I’m not going to just sit on the bench because what’s the point?” he informed Sky Sports activities after becoming a member of Brentford from Liverpool in a £27.5m transfer.
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Watch each objective scored by Fabio Carvalho in the course of the 2023/24 Sky Wager 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.”
