[Albion] Neal Maupay *** SIGNED from Brentford - 4 year deal - undisclosed fee ***

Supadupahands said:

This article although out of date has a summary

Bloom is not the only professional sports bettor in Britain. And Starlizard is not the only gambling consultancy in the UK – it’s not even the only one in North London.

Bloom’s great rival is Matthew Benham, the owner of Brentford FC who founded Smartodds, another stats-based gambling consultancy.

Similarities between Bloom and Benham abound. Like Bloom, Benham is a former City trader. Like Bloom, Benham has adopted a hedge-fund-like model, paying computer wizzes to build algorithms that help him beat the market. And like Bloom, Benham owns his boyhood football club.

Despite the similarities between the two, Benham and Bloom are archrivals. The pair first crossed paths at Premier Bet, the online bookmaker Bloom founded. Benham worked for Bloom, but the pair had a falling out that left them bitter rivals.

Former Starlizard employees say the feud is discussed often in the office but little understood beyond rumour and gossip.

SmartOdds was founded in 2004, two years before Starlizard, and is based in Highgate, North London – just down the road from Bloom’s offices.

Benham took over Brentford in 2012 and is noted for following a “Moneyball-style” statistical approach to running the club, an approach that helped him win the Danish super league with his other football club, Midtjylland.

Appears no one quite knows, I reckon they fell out over a lady...

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Icy Gull said:

Signing “very close” according to today’s online Argus

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Peteinblack said:

Please let this happen - worried that we'll get gazumped at the last minute, or that he'll have his head turned by another club making a tempting late bid, and he'll do a U-turn on the M23.

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essbee1 said:

Worked out well for Prickard didn't it?

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Gabbiano said:

Well, ultimately he had some egg on face in the 5-0 but spent a season earning significantly more than he would have done here and then got a transfer to the PL with Huddersfield the same time as our promotion.

So it didn’t really make any difference to him.

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schmunk said:

Announce Maupay

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Napper said:

This and also

Pronounce Maupay

( assuming it’s said - mow pay )

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Gabbiano said:

Well, ultimately he had some egg on face in the 5-0 but spent a season earning significantly more than he would have done here and then got a transfer to the PL with Huddersfield the same time as our promotion.

So it didn’t really make any difference to him.

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Kalimantan Gull said:

why are you arguing with a fantasist?

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Gabbiano said:

So it didn’t really make any difference to him.

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Icy Gull said:

Signing “very close” according to today’s online Argus

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SollysLeftFoot said:

But that's impossible! Because we've been told on good authority that the club doesn't really know what it's doing and instead prefers to spend its time watching defenders!

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Triggaaar said:

It's also not possible because we already had him 24 hours ago. How many times can we sign one player?

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Hiney said:

In the know my arse

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BrickTamland said:

Argus claiming it’s significantly lower than £20million

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