The Brentford Gazette
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Brentford agree $58.3M for Matthijs de Ligt
The clubs have shaken hands with Manchester United; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Arsenal tell Brentford: Gabriel Martinelli is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $16.3M for Abdul Fatawu
Brentford have gone to Leicester City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market17 Aug 2026
Brentford sell Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson for $20.8M
Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson has left for Olympique de Marseille in a $20.8M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market17 Aug 2026
Brentford say no — this time
The offer from Bournemouth for Michael Kayode was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Brentford go back to the board over Abdul Fatawu
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $17.0M — a club that wants Abdul Fatawu enough to be asked twice.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Brentford
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Brentford promote Robert Scott from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Robert Scott 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Brentford promote David Martin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Martin 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
- Boardroom Brentford sign off a bigger ground
- Squad Caoimhin Kelleher wants to know why he earns less
- Squad Andrés Ibargüen still has not settled