{"id":615518,"date":"2022-08-02T04:50:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T08:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615518"},"modified":"2022-08-02T04:50:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T08:50:05","slug":"mikkel-damsgaard-brentford-sampdoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/02\/mikkel-damsgaard-brentford-sampdoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish Youngster is Close To Signing For Brentford FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brentford FC will get their second season in the Premier League underway this weekend. Their campaign will commence at the King Power Stadium against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/leicester-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Leicester City<\/a> on Sunday afternoon. Having already made a couple of signings, a Danish youngster could be the newest arrival. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiMarzio\/status\/1554157938750722049\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gianluca Di Marzio is reporting that Mikkel Damsgaard is nearing a move over from Sampdoria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Damsgaard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Damsgaard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrentfordFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BrentfordFC<\/a> \u231b\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sampdoria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@sampdoria<\/a> have verbally accepted the bid. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/transfermarket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#transfermarket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SkySport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SkySports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiMarzio\/status\/1554157938750722049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Danish Youngster Could Make the Move to London<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Where Will Mikkel Damsgaard Fit In at Brentford<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Danish youngster Mikkel Damsgaard was announced to the world at last year\u2019s delayed European Championships. He could be swapping Italy for England as Thomas Frank seeks another addition to his ranks. Thus far this summer, Brentford lost <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/15\/manchester-united-sign-christian-eriksen\/\" target=\"_self\">Christian Eriksen<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/01\/manchester-united-trio-loan-romano\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> plus they sold Marcus Forss to Middlesbrough and they have brought in a few names.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Mee and Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha have arrived on free transfers. Highly sought-after Scottish fullback <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/03\/30\/aaron-hickey-newcastle-united-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Aaron Hickey<\/a> and highly-rated Hull man Keane Lewis-Potter have been signed for in excess of a combined \u00a330 million. As is the case with Strakosha and Hickey, Danish youngster Damsgaard would be joining from the Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>It is said that the 22-year-old could replace his fellow countryman Eriksen at the Brentford Community Stadium. Weirdly enough, it was Damsgaard that came to the fore following that horrific incident involving the new Manchester United man at the Euros. Along with the Dane, he could compliment the likes of Ivan Toney, Bryan Mbeumo and new signing Lewis-Potter very well in the final third.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/20\/fabrizio-romano-manchester-united-ivan-toney-newcastle\/\" target=\"_self\">Fabrizio Romano Gives Latest on Manchester United\u2019s Pursuit of \u2018Superb\u2019 \u00a345 Million Premier League Star<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>A Bit About the Danish Youngster<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Damsgaard currently plays his football for Sampdoria who have flattered to deceive in recent seasons. They were previously a mainstay in the top half but whilst the likes of Empoli and Hellas Verona are on their way up, <em>Samp<\/em> finished fifteenth last term.<\/p>\n<p>During Euro 2020, The Danish youngster fired home a thunderous free-kick from distance, beating Jordan Pickford in the semi-final. His side may have come up short at the end of that game, after extra-time, but it was still a magical tournament, whether it be for their football or Eriksen\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen exactly how much Damsgaard\u2019s services will cost but it could be as high as \u00a325 million if the Italian side get what they want. The Danish youngster is a very tricky customer but is coming off of a tough season, this move would be hugely intriguing either way.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Brentford are now closing on Mikkel Damsgaard deal. Fee expected to be around \u20ac15m with add-ons. Talks are progressing with Sampdoria, still in discussion on player side. \ud83d\udea8\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BrentfordFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BrentfordFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deal not fully completed yet but now Brentford are optimistic to get it over the line. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UESRgGIKh1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/UESRgGIKh1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1554168688424648706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brentford FC will get their second season in the Premier League underway this weekend. Their campaign will commence at the King Power Stadium against Leicester City on Sunday afternoon. Having already made a couple of signings, a Danish youngster could be the newest arrival. Gianluca Di Marzio is reporting that Mikkel Damsgaard is nearing a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3891,"featured_media":615524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7188,8684,3,28],"tags":[9325,653],"class_list":["post-615518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumours","category-brentford","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-brentford-transfer-rumours","tag-sampdoria"],"modified_by":"Declan Wiseman, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}