Brentford rejected Tottenham’s £40M bid for David Raya and then accepted Arsenal’s £25M bid

Brentford rejected Tottenham’s £40M bid for David Raya and then accepted Arsenal’s £25M bid..

Brentford are ready to reject an opening transfer offer from Premier League rivals Arsenal for David Raya.

Head coach Thomas Frank has dropped consistent hints over his expectation that Raya will leave the club in the coming weeks after the Spain international rejected two contract offers, in the last 12 months.

Brentford have shown in the past that they will not sell for less than their valuation for a player and Spurs found this out two years ago when they were interested in Ollie Watkins before he joined Aston Villa for £33m.

Brentford recently signed Mark Flekken from Freiburg but they are prepared to go into the season with three goalkeepers – current number two Thomas Strakosha, Flekken and Raya – and allow the former Arsenal target to run his contract down.

However, the Gunners are tipped as leading the chase for Raya, and they can offer the Champions League football he wants this season.

Frank has stated the club will not accept less than their £40m valuation for Raya but Arsenal are hoping to utilising his expiring contract as a negotiating lever.