Not only was Rob warm and funny, he was fantastic at his job. He came to us four years ago and has done a variety of jobs but has mostly concentrated on the scouting of players. He understood the needs of the Club and his judgement was trusted by those he worked with.

A lot of the day-to-day work looking for players was done by Rob and there will be a legacy at Brentford in the players that he helped bring to us. When you run a Club as we do with a need to do transfer business to fund the ongoing costs you need someone as good as Rob. We were pleased we had him and saw a bright future for him with us.

He also did some fantastic work with the B Team. That was a role he loved and a lot of the success of that project so far is down to Rob and we want to continue his work over the coming years. That would be a great tribute to him.

Most of all, Rob was my friend. We would talk regularly and go for dinner and I would watch matches with him. I enjoyed being around him and I will miss him.