Jack Warburton said he must hit the ground running if he wants to extend his stay at Brentford past the end of this season.

The 21-year-old, son of Bees manager Mark Warburton, signed a six-month deal earlier this week having spent that last couple of months on trial at Griffin Park.

Jack admits that six months is not a long time to prove himself and earn a further deal with Brentford but he will do everything he can to extend his stay past this summer.

Speaking to Bees Player after signing Jack said: “For me as a player I have to out my head down now and try and push as far as I can.

“I am a young age being 21 but, in football, 21 is quite an old age if you look at players in the first-team now.

“Jake Bidwell is 21 and he has played over 100 games in the league so it is time for me to crack on and really give it a go.

“I really enjoyed playing with the Under-21s.

“I was a bit nervous to begin with because you don’t know what to expect when you have been out of it for a while.

“I thought I coped well with it and I am looking forward to the rest of the season.

“It is a short-term contract so I need to just put my head down and go for it.

“Lee Carsley is a very experienced guy and he is going to help us and the team.

“I am going to come in every day and be the best that I can be and if I can get a new contract at the end of the season that would be great."

Having been schooled in Mark’s image of football from an early age Jack feels he is the type of player who can thrive within the system The Bees look to play.

“I like to think that I get around the pitch quite a bit.

“I am a fit player and I like a tackle.

“On the ball I like to keep the ball and am a one-touch, two-touch player.

“I try to create a few opportunities.

“My dad has always brought me up to keep the ball and that is the kind of philosophy I want to play in.

“It is great to be here and get the best development I can.”

Jack was previously on trial at Brentford three years ago following the end of his scholarship at Leicester City.

When that did not result in a contract offer Jack went in search of new challenges and signed for Canadian side Hamilton Rage FC, who play in the Fourth Tier of American and Canadian Football.

Jack won a host of Player of the Year trophies in 2013 before returning to initially train with The Bees in the Canadian off-season after the 2014 season.

The 21-year-old said he had absolutely no regrets about playing in Canada and, had nothing arisen with Brentford, he would have happily returned to North America to continue playing.

“It is great to have got the contact,” said Jack.

“In Canada it is a summer season because of the weather and I just came back here to keep myself fit and keep ticking over.

“I played a few games to keep myself fit and played quite well in those games.

“After that Ose and Lee sat me down and said they would offer me something to the end of the season which I was happy to take.

“It is always nice to be back here and not having to travel overseas and all that.

“Canada was a new experience and a new lifestyle.

“When I first went over to Canada I was a bit scared about what the standard might have been like but it is a very good standard.

“A few players I was playing with over there have had contract talks with Stoke City so the standard is good.

“It is very athletic, slightly less technical, and you don’t get a lot of time on the ball.

“It is a great lifestyle over there and I don’t regret going at all.

“I would have 100% gone back if nothing came about here but, as I said, I am happy to be back in England.”

Alongside playing in Canada Jack also took the first steps towards following his dad into the world of coaching.

With Brentford achieving promotion and now sitting sixth in their first season back in the Sky Bet Championship under Mark, Jack said his dad is a great example to learn off, even though, as it is for most sons, it is difficult to take advice off him sometimes.

“I was also coaching over in Canada too,” said Jack.

“That is a side of the game I am looking at for after I finish playing as my dad is in that side of it at the moment.

“It is something that I am definitely looking at as I enjoy coaching and enjoy being in football.

“It is a difficult one because at the end of the day he is your dad and there is always that thing of taking advice off your dad.

“I listen to him because he is doing a great job here and he is enjoying it.”

After a slow start to the season the Development Squad began to show signs of kicking into life in December.

Following a run of no win in eight league matches Lee Carsley’s side finished 2014 with by picking up seven points from their final four matches.

Jack felt that, until recently, results had been harsh on the performances of the team and he hopes that 2015 can bring improved results for the Development Squad.

“A few of the games we have played in the Under-21s league the results haven’t gone our way but the way we have played in those games we have been the better team,” said Jack.

“If you had been watching the game you would have seen that we have been on top in every single game we’ve played but the results just haven’t gone our way.

“With Lee here now we will try to push on as high as we can up the table and see where we finish.”

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