Brentford are set to sign Gillingham’s out of contract centre half, John Egan.

Egan joined Gillingham from Premier League side Sunderland in 2014, and over the past two seasons has established himself as one of the best and highly sought after centre halves in League One.

Egan’s performances over the past season saw him feature in the PFA League One team of the year despite Gillingham’s disappointing end to the season.

It has been reported that Brentford have been long time admirers of Egan and in the January transfer window, Brentford had a bid rejected for the 23-year-old centre half.

Gillingham’s decision to reject the bid in the short term may have had a positive effect, however, it now appears that Gillingham will receive a development compensation fee which is minuscule compared to the transfer fee they would receive if Egan was under contract.