TRIPLE CROWN

Mbeumo, Schade and Wissa shine

- Alan Smith

WHEN Thomas Frank learnt that Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain had joined Brentford, Barcelona and Bayern Munich in having three double-digit goalscorers, he joked: “They were a little bit late.”

The Bees are in rarefied air, alongside the champions of four from five of Europe’s big leagues, as they look to secure an eighth-place finish that could bring European football to the stadium Frank’s staff are calling the Goal Tech.

The Brentford head coach said: “It’s incredible company to be part of.”