The theme of succession planning has loomed large over the Premier League in recent seasons. There are the good: Liverpool, who have seamlessly transitioned from Jurgen Klopp to Arne Slot, perhaps even improving in the process.
Then there are the calamitous: Manchester United, who are still picking over the wreckage left from the implosion suffered when Sir Alex Ferguson left Old Trafford in 2013.
The post-Pep Guardiola era at Manchester City is sure to be enthralling instalment of Premier League history but another club undoubtedly getting it right are Brentford.
The theme of succession planning has loomed large over the Premier League in recent seasons. There are the good: Liverpool, who have seamlessly transitioned from Jurgen Klopp to Arne Slot, perhaps even improving in the process.
Then there are the calamitous: Manchester United, who are still picking over the wreckage left from the implosion suffered when Sir Alex Ferguson left Old Trafford in 2013.
The post-Pep Guardiola era at Manchester City is sure to be enthralling instalment of Premier League history but another club undoubtedly getting it right is Brentford.
Plenty of other clubs have spent far more to yield much less. Southampton, for example, had Kamaldeen Sulemana and Paul Onuachu leading the line against Brentford and paid £22 million for the former and £18 million for the latter. Sulemana has scored just twice in the Premier League for the Saints, Onuachu, not at all.
Frank explained: ‘To be a sustainable team in the Premier League year in, year out, there’s a lot of things you need to do and a lot of boxes you need to tick. One of them is you need to have enough goals in your team.
