The Brentford Gazette
Transfer targets12 Jun 2028
Dom Ballard due for a Brentford medical
Everything agreed with Leyton Orient, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market12 Jun 2028
Terms done: Kaye Furo is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Leeds United waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Brentford is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market12 Jun 2028
Brentford get their man
The chase for Jørgen Strand Larsen ended with $27.3M changing hands and Crystal Palace out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Market12 Jun 2028
Leyton Orient come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Brentford did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets12 Jun 2028
Brentford rebuffed over August Priske
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Birmingham have kept their man, and Brentford go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets12 Jun 2028
Brentford bid $3.6M for Jérémy Jacquet
The offer went to Liverpool 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.
Market12 Jun 2028
Eyes on Michael Kayode again
The phone has started ringing about Michael Kayode again, and this time the name on the line is Sheffield United. Brentford are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Tempers go at Brentford
Jørgen Strand Larsen was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout12 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Kaye Furo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad Daniel Hill signs a new deal
- Squad 4 Brentford players away with their countries
- The dugout Yehor Yarmoliuk knocks on the manager's door