Summer 2025 transfer window closes
The summer 2025 transfer window has closed. Keith Andrews will surely be happy to stop talking about transfer noise and get on with shaping his squad. It was an active summer for Brentford. As usual, the team took care of a lot of business early in the window, but there was some last-minute activity as well. Let's look at who has left and who has joined the team.
Outgoing and incoming players
Incoming players, summer 2025 transfer window (source BrentfordFC.com)
| Player | Former team |
|---|---|
| Romelle Donovan | Birmingham |
| Jordan Henderson | Ajax |
| Michael Kayode | Fiorentina |
| Caoimhin Kelleher | Liverpool |
| Antoni Milambo | Feyernoord |
| Reiss Nelson | Arsenal (loan) |
| Dango Ouattara | Bournemouth |
Outgoing players, summer 2025 transfer window (source BrentfordFC.com)
| Player | New team |
|---|---|
| Max Dickov | Mansfield |
| Mark Flekken | Bayer Leverkusen |
| Bryan Mbeumo | Manchester United |
| Ben Mee | Released |
| Christian Norgaard | Arsenal |
| Mads Roerslev | Southampton |
| Ryan Trevitt | Wigan (loan) |
| Ben Winterbottom | Barrow |
| Yoane Wissa | Newcastle |
| Tony Yogane | Dundee (loan) |
The Bees are frequently trading with top level teams and more fellow Premier League teams than in some past windows, including Liverpool, Arsenal and Newcastle.
Mapping the player flow
Now that the player movement has been finalised, we look at the overall player flow again. Remember we looked at the player flow when the season kicked off, but there have been a few significant changes since then.
Brentford player flow after the summer 2025 transfer window closes (source Correlation FC)
We can see that 7 players have remained with the Bees throughout their entire Premier League journey, Kristoffer Ajer, Frank Onyeka, Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen and Ethan Pinnock.
Player numbers for the season
Here are the new kit numbers for the 2025-26 season - you'll see some new names with some familiar numbers, with Kelleher taking Flekken's #1, Henderson taking Norgaard's #6, Nelson taking Wissa's #11 and Ouattara taking Mbuemo's #19. Milambo has taken #17, having been vacant since Ivan Toney left the team a year ago.
Brentford player kit numbers for 2025-26 season (source BrentfordFC.com)
| Number | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Caoimhin Kelleher |
| 2 | Aaron Hickey |
| 3 | Rico Henry |
| 4 | Sepp van den Berg |
| 5 | Ethan Pinnock |
| 6 | Jordan Henderson |
| 7 | Kevin Schade |
| 8 | Mathias Jensen |
| 9 | Igor Thiago |
| 10 | Josh Dasilva* |
| 11 | Reiss Nelson |
| 12 | Hakon Valdimarsson |
| 13 | Matthew Cox |
| 14 | Fabio Carvalho |
| 15 | Frank Onyeka |
| 17 | Antoni Milambo |
| 18 | Yehor Yarmoliuk |
| 19 | Dango Ouattara (O. Dango) |
| 20 | Kristoffer Ajer |
| 21 | Jayden Meghoma |
| 22 | Nathan Collins |
| 23 | Keane Lewis-Potter |
| 24 | Mikkel Damsgaard |
| 25 | Myles Peart-Harris |
| 26 | Yunus Konak |
| 27 | Vitaly Janelt |
| 31 | Ellery Balcombe |
| 32 | Paris Maghoma |
| 33 | Michael Kayode |
| 36 | Kim Ji-Soo |
| 39 | Gustavo Nunes |
| 41 | Julian Eyestone |
| 43 | Benjamin Arthur |
| 45 | Romelle Donovan |