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BEES WILL STILL STING EVEN WITH NO SAID…

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THE loss of Said Benrahma will hurt Brentford, but it won’t kill them.
They knew this was coming long before the Algerian winger joined West Ham on loan for £5m, with an obligation to make permanent for a further £20m, on deadline day.
Benrahma only started one game this term, a 3-0 win over Fulham in the
League Cup.
So it’s not like he started the season on fi re and they’ve had the heart ripped out of the side, as happened to Nottingham Forest when Ollie Burke joined RB Leipzig in 2016.
Thomas Frank has already built a side without him, and Brentford have thr...

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