TWTD understands Championship high-flyers Brentford are eyeing Blues midfielder Idris El Mizouni.

The 20-year-old recently returned to Portman Road following a second loan spell at Cambridge United in which opportunities were limited.

Similarly, the Paris-born schemer is yet to be involved with Town’s first-team since coming back, although he scored a last-minute winner for the U23s as they defeated Millwall 1-0 a week ago.

We understand the Bees have been keeping a close watch on El Mizouni, who joined the Blues as a full-time academy scholar in the summer of 2016, for some months.

Brentford are known for taking an analytical approach in the transfer market using data and statistics, looking for players with the potential to fit their model that they can bring in to develop and then ultimately sell on for bigger fees.

Capped once at full level by Tunisia, El Mizouni is contracted to the Blues until the summer with the club having an option for a further season.

El Mizouni has made six first-team starts - two in the league - and seven sub appearances for the Blues in addition to 12 starts and 10 games from the bench in his two spells with Cambridge.

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unknown100 added 15:16 - Jan 26 For everyone saying he should be starting, I don't doubt his talent, we are just not in a position to be gambling on a team of youngsters, if we had an established first team and he was coming on last 20 that would be great but we don't and we need to get out of this league
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Linkboy13 added 15:59 - Jan 26 Yes and Dozzells going to Barcelona ha. Think you will find this is just agents talk.
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ArnieM added 16:25 - Jan 26 This Club is TOTALLY INEPT isn't it... I despair.
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grow_our_own added 17:10 - Jan 26 The problem with some of you saying "don't blood the kids" is that we can't recruit good peak-age players. We don't have the money, and even when we do, eg in the early-2000s, we were beaten to many signings by London clubs such as Charlton who could offer the glamour lifestyle we can't. Look at Brentford's relative success in the transfer market. Our route to success is the kids. Always was, always will be. The sooner the jonny-come-latelies who grew up on Wembley and European success realise this, the sooner we get back to the winning formula we had back in the Sheepshanks days. To be an Ipswich fan is to be patient. It is to watch a mostly young team, with a few experienced signings to plug the gaps. Some of the young players won't make the grade, but we support and encourage them anyway. When they do, we get the satisfaction of watching them become superstars either with us or at top clubs and for their country. This is the club Sir Bobby Robson built. This is Ipswich. Grow our own!

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ElephantintheRoom added 09:26 - Jan 27 Palace feeder club then Bournemouth feeder club now Brentford feeder club... Progress of sorts - but at least previous stifled young players actually got in the team .
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Tractor_Boy_in_HK added 11:21 - Jan 27 Ok Brentford is looking and that means....we have idiots running the show who know nothing. But why couldn't he get a match at Cambridge?
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