Jay Harris

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1,927 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 26 Aug

Jay Harris’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Transfer latest: Baleba, Konsa and big-spending Ipswich · 19 Aug 2026 podcast

So it's easy to say in hindsight now, but Brentford's recruitment over a period of time was absolutely phenomenal. matched

Even before they got into the Premier League, they obviously developed Watkins inside Ben Rama, who then went on to play really well for Aston Villa and West Ham respectively. matched

Effectively anyway. matched

So they were always ahead of the curve. matched

And that team had Ivan Tony in it, Brian and Bumo in it, David Rea, they're all senior international internationals now who are on a incredible level. matched

So I think Brentford were very smart at getting players in before they'd sort of developed and hit their maximized their potential. matched

They also sort of changed well not necessarily changed, but challenged perspectives on what is matched

experience. matched

So for example, they had Pontus Janssen within their squad. matched

He'd never played in the Premier League before, but he was a Sweden international he'd who'd played in Serie R. matched

So that still experience just because it's not Premier League doesn't mean it's not transferable. matched

There were other players in the squad who played in La Liga or the Danish top flight. matched

They had experience of playing at the top level, just maybe not the Premier League. matched

So they did things very differently. matched

I think they only spent just under forty million pounds. matched

That summer, believe it or not. matched

And interestingly, one of the players they signed, Frank Onyeka, has now gone to matched

Coventry City. matched

I think to go to the three promoter teams matched

Hole's transfer activity doesn't inspire me. matched

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