Sale of Watkins and Benrahma offsets operating losses at Premier League new boys Brentford
By David Owen
January 18 – Brentford, the West London club whose finances have been transformed by promotion to the top tier for the first time since 1946-47, have produced figures for the year to end-June 2021, their promotion season.
The pre-tax loss was £8.5 million, very much on the low side for a Championship promotion side. This was almost entirely down to player trading: the sales of striker Ollie Watkins to Aston Villa and Saïd Benrahma to West Ham were the main factors in a £44.3 million player-trading profit.
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