Midfielder Marcus Tebar might be battling for fitness with a hamstring injury, but the departures of Jonathan Douglas, Stuart Dallas and Moses Odubajo mean he is likely to be kept more than occupied.

Odubajo completed his £3.5million switch to Hull City last week after Douglas and Dallas had already said their goodbyes on their way to Ipswich Town and Leeds United respectively.

Andre Gray seems set to join them in heading out of Griffin Park with Hull stepping up efforts to land the 24-year-old striker in light of competition from Burnley.

Tebar has made only five appearances for the Bees since signing from Almería last summer and his value to the squad has gone largely unnoticed until now.

The 29-year-old midielder has played the unofficial role of player welfare officer for fellow Spaniard Jota over the past 12 months.

More recently, he has been on hand to help the influx of foreign players settle into the squad, with Konstantin Kerschbaumer in particular singing his praises.

And, with head coach Marinus Dijkhuizen likely to dip in to the market before the transfer window closes at the end of the month, there may be more work still to do - at least until the new players get their other halves in situ.

"It is my first time living alone," said Kerschbaumer last week.

"My girlfriend comes over in two weeks. I have found an apartment and I get my car soon.

"These are important things to feel good here.

"I am a good way to having everything here and making a good start to life at Brentford.

"Marcus Tebar has helped with some things to buy from Ikea and he has helped me buy a computer because my English is not so good.

"I live in an apartment block where there are four or five other players, Marcus, Moses [Odubajo], Stuart Dallas and Andy Gogia and I have been driving in to training with them.

"If I need something, Marcus helps me. He is very important to this team. He was so helpful to Jota.

"He has a good character, can speak the language and is a good contact for every team-mate.

"It is important to have one player in the squad to help me and show me some things that are new. This is a big plus."

Kerschbaumer, who made his league debut for the Bees in Saturday's 2-2 draw with Ipswich Town, has settled in well since switching from Austrian top flight side FC Admira Wacker Modling earlier this summer.

And the former Austrian U19 international, who started his career at Rapid Vienna, is keen to reach English football's top table with Brentford as soon as possible.

"It is a good project here with young players and with players that are not so famous," he added.

"We have good quality and we want to get promoted. All of the players are hungry to go up and this was a big point as to why I joined the club.

"The Austrian player Stefan Maierhofer, who played in the league for Millwall last season, told me a lot of things about the league, this land and its culture.

"It was a good decision to sign. I want to be a part of this team and be a part of the team that gets the club promoted."