The Brentford Gazette
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Brentford agree $79.6M for Gabriel Martinelli
The clubs have shaken hands with Arsenal; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $33.9M for João Félix
Brentford have gone to Al-Nassr 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 $15.6M
Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson has left for Chelsea in a $15.6M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Brentford go back to the board over Gabriel Martinelli
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $86.0M — a club that wants Gabriel Martinelli 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
Simon Williams steps up from the Brentford academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simon Williams 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 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Peter Jackson steps up from the Brentford academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Jackson 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Brentford sign off a bigger ground
A capacity of 23824 on the plans. A decision judged twenty years from now, by people who were not in the room and will have opinions anyway.
In brief
- The dugout Romelle Donovan gets it from the manager
- Squad Caoimhin Kelleher wants to know why he earns less
- Squad A season on the outside for Charles