Romeo Beckham agrees to one-year permanent deal to join Brentford B; Beckham joining west London side from Inter Miami; Bees expected to pay nominal compensation for his services; he joined the club on a six-month loan in January and played a part in them winning the Premier League Cup
Thursday 15 June 2023 22:16, UK
Romeo Beckham will stay at Brentford for another year and continue playing for their B team.
The 20-year-old has agreed to sign for them on a permanent one-year deal from Inter Miami.
The Bees are expected to pay nominal compensation.
Beckham joined the club on a six-month loan in January and played a part in them winning the Premier League Cup.
He has recently been pictured in LA after the season finished and is expected to return to pre-season training with Brentford B later in the summer.
Brentford's B team are also close to completing a deal to sign 18-year-old South Korean centre-back Ji-Soo Kim from Seongnam FC.
"Romeo is a very good player, of course he has a name that is pretty worldwide, and big," Frank said.
"For Romeo, he is himself, but he of course has a big name. You can't compare [father and son]."
Frank drew the comparison between Denmark international Michael Laudrup and his son Andreas, who he coached, saying: "Maybe Laudrup is also a decent player [similar to David Beckham], I coached his son and it is important to take him as a player - not as a Laudrup but as himself."
The Brentford boss added: "He is here for a reason, because we think he is a good player, and we are pleased he could make the loan deal.
"[We are] pleased to see him doing well, pleased to see the performance he had in the last game and when you have players, either permanent or on loan, it is for a reason.
"It is either for getting the team to perform, or to extend the loan deal and make it a permanent deal, so we just hope that he keeps progressing and makes it very interesting for us."
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