The Brentford Gazette
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Barış Alper Yılmaz due for a Brentford medical
Everything agreed with Galatasaray, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Erick Sánchez turns down Brentford
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Club America keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Brentford make their move for Geny
$24.0M on the table at Sporting CP. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Bilal El Khannouss
Brentford asked and VfB Stuttgart said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market17 Aug 2026
Brentford turn down Chelsea for Mikkel Damsgaard
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Brentford
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market17 Aug 2026
Steven Price steps up from the Brentford academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Steven Price has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Matthew Hill steps up from the Brentford academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matthew Hill has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Brentford promote David Barnes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Barnes has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Aaron Hickey
- Boardroom Brentford sign off a bigger ground
- Squad Romelle Donovan falls out with a teammate over standards