The Brentford Gazette
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Lewis Hall due for a Brentford medical
Everything agreed with Newcastle United, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market11 Jan 2027
Brentford sign Marcel Ruiz for $28.6M
The paperwork is done: Marcel Ruiz joins from Toluca in a deal worth $28.6M. Now comes the harder part.
Market11 Jan 2027
Brentford sell Dango Ouattara for $40.0M
Dango Ouattara has left for Chelsea in a $40.0M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Match9 Jan 2027
No mercy from Brentford
Newcastle United will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Brentford were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Brentford rebuffed over Erick Sánchez
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Club America have kept their man, and Brentford go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market11 Jan 2027
Terms done: Kaye Furo is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Cardiff City waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Brentford is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market11 Jan 2027
Kristoffer Ajer puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Brentford, and it is not being withdrawn.
The terraces11 Jan 2027
Brentford sell a favourite for $40.0M
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Dango Ouattara was one of the reasons people came, and $40.0M does not replace that by itself.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Brentford bid $3.1M for Dominic Hyam
The offer went to Wrexham this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
In brief
- Squad Words exchanged at Brentford
- The terraces $28.6M for Marcel Ruiz, and Brentford supporters approve
- Squad Josh Stephenson signs a new deal