£20,000,000 For David Raya? You Have To Pay Double That‼️ - Brentford Chief Lee Dykes
The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 138 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW LEE DYKES- We discussed the career of Brentford’s technical director Lee #Dykes with the man himself. We discussed; his career through the ranks, signing Ivan #Toney, being linked with the Spurs job, David Raya’s future at #Brentford, recruitment + much more..
0:00 Intro
1:30 Guest Intro
2:37 Lee’s journey in football
16:20 Skills Lee transferred from playing days to being a technical director.
17:42 Assessing Brentford’s season
20:04 Work that goes on behind the scenes
22:45 How do you go about identifying talent?
24:50 Do Brentford see themselves as a stepping stone for talent?
27:15 Brentford academy returning
29:02 Lee on recruitment
31:21 Recruiting Ivan Toney
36:16 Ivan Toney contract talks?
37:19 Ivan Toney not being able to train
38:50 Lee being linked with bigger clubs?
45:24 David Raya situation
48:42 Brentford interest in Viktor Gyökeres
50:03 How difficult is it finding hidden gems?
52:17 Almost signing Mudryk
53:52 Josh Dasilva Premier League career
55:09 Lee Dykes future
58:25 Views on the Premier League this season
1:00:19 Lee’s message to the fans
1:02:11 Lee’s summer plans
1:03:37 Life outside of football
1:06:20 Final thoughts
1:07:02 Closing tradition
1:07:55 Outro
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