Sympathetic was the Brentford head coach to the 22-year-old’s plight last season. Carvalho started just three league games following his £27.5million move to west London before a dislocated shoulder saw him miss the final three months of the season.

As far as first impressions go, Keith Andrews' debut as a Premier League head coach was the equivalent of forgetting your name or spilling red wine on your carpet as his side suffer a 3-1 loss at Nottingham Forest.

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Nottingham Forest will face Brentford in this Premier League matchup on Sunday at The City Ground, and you can catch all the action with Peacock. Nottingham Forest and Brentford will take the pitch on Sunday, August 17th, at The City Ground.

Former Republic of Ireland international Andrews has had to rebuild as he tries to maintain Brentford's impressive record of never having been in the relegation zone across the last four seasons. That is a record they still maintain for now, but they are only out of the bottom three on goal difference.

Nottingham Forest piled more misery on depleted Brentford as new winger Dan Ndoye scored his first goal for the club in Sunday's 3-1 win in the Premier League.

To date, Man United have made three major signings, recruiting striker Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig to lead the line whilst adding Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha to operate as number 10s in the Portuguese’s system, the pair having each produced stellar displays across the last campaign.

Brentford’s squad numbers for the 2025/26 campaign have been confirmed.Forward Dango Ouattara, who completed a move from Bournemouth on Saturday, has been handed the no.19 shirt.Midfielder Josh