"To my team-mates, who I've been lucky enough to share the dressing room with, thank you for making my time so enjoyable. There are so many fantastic people that work behind the scenes to make it all tick over and it was a pleasure to work with you and get to know you all. "I'd like to thank all the staff I have worked with throughout my time at the club who made Burnley home for me. "It's a club and town that has grown a very special place in my heart throughout that time. "As you all probably know by now I'll be leaving the club after 11 years," he said. He posted a message on social media upon leaving Burnley after 11 years, thanking the fans and saying he will be returning to Turf Moor with his family as a supporter in the future. He played 341 times for Burnley, twice helping them to promotion to the Premier League. Mee would compete with Pinnock for the left-sided centre-back role and has nearly 400 career games under his belt, the majority in the top flight. While Brentford generally look for young talent they can nurture, improve and potentially sell-on at a profit, the move for Christian Erikssen last season showed their willingness to look for experience when needed. The Athletic report that Pinnock faces a period out, which could run to several weeks, and with Kristoffer Ajer recovering from a hamstring injury, boss Thomas Frank has turned to Mee. READ MORE: Burnley squad make-up, likely Huddersfield XI and the transfers still to come He becomes the oldest player at the club with the Bees moving for the centre back as an experienced, available option to bolster their backline with the news that Ethan Pinnock has suffered a knee injury. He had Premier League interest while Burnley offered him a new deal but Mee, departed and the 32-year-old has now joined Brentford.
Burnley were relegated from the top flight on the final day of last season and Mee missed much of the run-in due to injury and became part of Michael Jackson's interim coaching team. The defender opted to depart Turf Moor at the end of his contract having spent 11 years with the Clarets. Ben Mee has completed his move to Brentford, signing a two-year deal with the Bees following his exit from Burnley.
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