Phil Giles: Inside Brentford
How does a club operate during, before and after a transfer window?
Since promotion from the Championship in the summer, Brentford have had an excellent start to life in the top flight.
But behind the scenes there has been a careful, analyical process at work when it comes to recruitment - which has seen the club buy talent from lower down the football pyramid and sell players - like Ollie Watkins and Neal Maupay - on for big profits.
So how do that process translate to operating in the frantic, win at all costs, short termism of the Premier League?
Co-Director of Football Phil Giles sat down with Nick Godwin - and to start was asked if he'd been able to ease off a bit in recent days after that window slammed shut...
This interview was originally broadcast as part of the London Sport Show on Wednesday 15th September 2021.
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