Brentford technical director Lee Dykes says the past summer market was a gamechanger for the club.
Five players joined the Bees over the summer, with free transfers Ben Mee and Thomas Strakosha joined by Aaron Hickey, Mikkel Damsgaard and Keane Lewis-Potter in West London.
And, whilst admitting it was 'scary' to spend over £30million on the latter trio, Dykes insists that he has full faith in both the recruitment and coaching teams.
“Listen, it's still pretty scary for Brentford to spend over £10m and we've just done it three times this window," Dykes told The Athletic.
“When I joined in 2019, our record fee was £2.3m. When we spent £5m twice on Ivan Toney and Bryan Mbeumo, everybody was going, 'Wow. In two years you're spending all this?'
“But then you balance that with the likes of Ben Mee coming on a free transfer. Plus, we've kept hold of our best players - that's two years running. And we've got Josh Dasilva back. The medical team have been fantastic with him. He's like a new signing.
“We have our own way of working, we're open-minded, looking to innovate, to out-think the opposition, not out-spend them. We back our recruitment, our coaching, and our fantastic manager. There are so many good people at this club who don't get headlines and we're all allowed to do our jobs because the ownership is so good."