Brentford transfer news: Bees announce defender with a "lot of potential" as first summer signing

Brentford person announced the signing of Austrian defender Jannik Schuster from Red Bull Salzburg.

There whitethorn inactive beryllium 2 games near to play successful the Premier League season, but Brentford person wasted nary clip successful unveiling Schuster their archetypal summertime addition.

As per BBC Sport, the Bees volition wage astir £12m for the 19-year-old, positive an further £4m successful imaginable add-ons. 

Schuster has enactment pen to insubstantial connected a semipermanent declaration until the summertime of 2031, with an enactment to widen by a further year.

"He's going to acceptable successful well" - Andrews connected Schuster addition

Brentford brag Keith Andrews believes that the young defender has a "lot of potential" that helium tin realise astatine the club.

“I’m truly delighted that we were capable to get Jannik connected board," Andrews told Brentford's authoritative website.

“He’s already played a batch of games for Salzburg astatine a precocious level. He’s a subordinate with a batch of potential, and we spot that arsenic thing we tin develop.

“I truly similar him arsenic a young man; he’s determined to maximise his potential. He’s going to acceptable successful good with the first-team squad.”

Schuster, meanwhile, pointed to the club's estimation for processing young players arsenic 1 of the factors down his determination to marque the move. 

“It’s a large feeling,” Schuster said. “I’m truly looking guardant to starting training, gathering everybody, and getting to cognize the players, unit and fans.

“It’s possibly the champion nine successful the satellite astatine processing players. Every speech I had gave maine a bully feeling and assurance astir the transfer.

“It’s awesome however palmy the nine has been with players they person brought successful from nowhere, I would say.”

Schuster's vocation way to date

Schuster started his younker vocation at  SV Mieming earlier helium made the determination to Austrian giants Red Bull Salzburg successful 2020.

After spending clip with Salzburg's feeder nine FC Liefering, Schuster made his debut for Salzburg successful a 4-2 triumph implicit Rapid Wien successful May 2025.

The right-footed defender has gone connected to diagnostic successful 29 competitory matches successful the 2025-26 season, including 3 appearances successful the Europa League league phase.

Schuster, who has made 5 appearances for Austria's Under-21 side, volition astir apt commencement his Brentford vocation arsenic a squad subordinate who tin supply cover.

That is due to the fact that Sepp van den Berg, Nathan Collins and Kristoffer Ajer volition beryllium successful beforehand of him successful the pecking order, but helium volition get the accidental to make and opportunities to beryllium that helium has the endowment to beryllium a Premier League defender.