The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 138 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW LEE DYKES- We discussed the career of Brentford’s technical director Lee #Dykes with the man himself. We discussed; his career through the ranks, signing Ivan #Toney, being linked with the Spurs job, David Raya’s future at #Brentford, recruitment + much more..

0:00 Intro

1:30 Guest Intro

2:37 Lee’s journey in football

16:20 Skills Lee transferred from playing days to being a technical director.

17:42 Assessing Brentford’s season

20:04 Work that goes on behind the scenes

22:45 How do you go about identifying talent?

24:50 Do Brentford see themselves as a stepping stone for talent?

27:15 Brentford academy returning

29:02 Lee on recruitment

31:21 Recruiting Ivan Toney

36:16 Ivan Toney contract talks?

37:19 Ivan Toney not being able to train

38:50 Lee being linked with bigger clubs?

45:24 David Raya situation

48:42 Brentford interest in Viktor Gyökeres

50:03 How difficult is it finding hidden gems?

52:17 Almost signing Mudryk

53:52 Josh Dasilva Premier League career

55:09 Lee Dykes future

58:25 Views on the Premier League this season

1:00:19 Lee’s message to the fans

1:02:11 Lee’s summer plans

1:03:37 Life outside of football

1:06:20 Final thoughts

1:07:02 Closing tradition

1:07:55 Outro

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