Brentford agree deal for set-piece coach Keith Andrews to step up as manager

Damien Duff has been linked with a role as an assistant to Andrews although Brentford and Duff have distanced themselves from those reports.

STEPPING UP: Brentford have agreed a deal with their set-piece coach Keith Andrews for the former Republic of Ireland midfielder to replace Thomas Frank as the manager. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Brentford have agreed a deal with their set-piece coach Keith Andrews for the former Republic of Ireland midfielder to replace Thomas Frank as the manager.

Andrews is understood to have impressed Brentford’s hierarchy when interviewed for the role after Frank’s departure for Tottenham.