Brentford have smashed their transfer record to bring in Dango Ouattara from Bournemouth.The Bees are believed to have paid around £42.5 million for the Burkina Faso international, making it the

Brentford have agreed a club-record deal with Bournemouth for forward Dango Ouattara. The deal is worth £37million with a further £5m in add-ons, and Ouattara has been authorised to travel for a medical on Friday.

Ouattara joins the Bees for a club record £42.5m and has signed a deal to 2030. Andrews said: “We’re really happy to get Dango in. He’s someone that we were aware and surprised could be available and, once we knew that signing him might be a possibility, we really focused on trying to get him in.