Official | Brentford sign Mamadou Sangaré from Lens in club-record €48m deal

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·1 August 2026

Official | Brentford sign Mamadou Sangaré from Lens in club-record €48m deal

Brentford FC have signed Lens defensive midfielder Mamadou Sangaré (24), both clubs have announced. The Malian international’s €48m transfer represents a club-record deal for both Lens and Brentford. Sangaré has signed a five-year contract with Keith Andrews’s Bees, who were in the market for a midfielder after parting ways with Chelsea-bound England international Jordan Henderson.

Signed last summer in a €8m deal from Rapid Vienna, Sangaré impressed for Pierre Sage’s Lens, with his all-energy displays earning rave reviews. Sangaré was a mainstay for Les Sang in Or in their push towards UEFA Champions League football and their maiden Coupe de France titre.

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The Malian won the 2026 Marc-Vivien Foé Award, which is presented annually to the best African player in Ligue 1, and was deservedly billed as GFFN’s Signing of the Season.

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