Marcus Forss

Marcus Forss (born 18 June 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Brentford and the Finland national team. He is a product of the West Bromwich Albion academy and after transferring to the Brentford B team in 2017, he was promoted into the first team squad in 2018.

Club Career

Early years

A forward, Forss began his career in his native Finland with spells at FC Ruskon Pallo, TuWe and the FDS-Suomi football school. At age 13, he moved to England to join the academy at Premier League club West Bromwich Albion and progressed to sign a two-year scholarship deal in 2015. He was called into the U21 squad for two EFL Trophy matches in the first half of the 2016–17 season and made one appearance, with a start in a 2–0 group stage defeat to Gillingham on 8 November 2016. Forss was released when his scholarship ended in May 2017.

Brentford

On 22 June 2017, Forss joined the B team at Championship club Brentford on a two-year contract. After scoring 11 goals in his first 23 B team appearances, he signed a new 3+1⁄2-year contract in February 2018. He finished the 2017–18 season as the B team's top scorer with 21 goals and won the team's Player of the Year award. Forss was promoted into the first team squad for the 2018–19 season and despite missing five months of the campaign with a back injury, he was a regular inclusion in matchday squads when fit and finished the season with 9 appearances and two goals.

After one goal in three early-2019–20 season appearances, Forss signed a new four-year contract and departed Griffin Park on a season-long loan. The loan was ended early in January 2020, due to a torn hamstring, which required surgery and ended his season. Forss returned fit for the 2020–21 season and the departures of Ollie Watkins and Said Benrahma elevated him to second-choice behind incoming forward Ivan Toney. For two-thirds of the season he se

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