Said El Mala on verge of record €50m move to Brentford

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·4 juin 2026

Said El Mala on verge of record €50m move to Brentford

1. FC Köln and Brentford FC are reportedly on the verge of reaching an agreement for Said El Mala.

According to Bild, the Bundesliga outfit are prepared to accept Brentford’s latest offer for the 19-year-old, worth a total of €50 million.

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The deal is structured in a way that would see Köln receive a guaranteed fee of €45 million, plus easily achievable bonuses worth €5 million. It also includes a 15 percent sell-on clause.

All that remains for the deal to go through is the final green light from the El Mala family and the club board.

El Mala is therefore set to become 1. FC Köln’s most expensive sale ever, with the current record held by Anthony Modeste, who joined Tianjin Quanjian for around €35 million in 2018.