Brentford
Squad · 2026/27 spending-room estimate
Brentford squad, player by player
Per-player wages are gross fixed salaries from public sources, or a labelled estimate where no salary is published. Fees are reported transfer fees where one is in evidence. This table is a decomposition: the squad-cost estimate on the Briefing stays anchored to the club's own accounts, and the difference is stated here rather than hidden.
Ledger total for 34 players. The club's accounts-anchored squad cost is £174m.
How this is calculated
sum of 34 rows: wages £91m + amortisation £65m + loan fees £0m = £156m
club squad cost (accounts-anchored) = £174mWhat the named players cost in a year on the ledger's own figures. The club's squad-cost test uses the accounts-anchored figure, which this table decomposes rather than replaces.
- Wages (reported salaries plus bounded estimates)£91m · 58%
- Annual transfer-fee cost£65m · 41%
- Loan fees£0m · 0%
The three most expensive players carry £36m, 23% of the ledger total. Wages are 58% of it; the rest is past transfer spend still being written down.
Reconciliation: the rows account for £91m of the £110m wage line and £65m of the £55m amortisation charge; the residuals (£19m and -£9m) are stated below the table, never absorbed.
Median £3m. Estimated wages are shown as ranges in the table.
How this is calculated
mean = £91m / 34 players = £3m
median = £3mMean versus median shows how top-heavy the wage bill is: a mean well above the median means a few contracts dominate.
- under £2m11 players · 32%
- £2m-£5m (10 estimated)22 players · 65%
- £5m-£10m1 player · 3%
- £10m-£15m0 players · 0%
- £15m+0 players · 0%
Fairly flat: the mean (£3m) sits close to the median (£3m), so the bill is spread across the squad rather than concentrated in a few contracts.
24 of 34 wages are reported gross salaries; 10 are bounded PSRwatch estimates shown as ranges. None is an official figure.
Unamortised transfer cost still on the books. This is not what the squad is worth.
How this is calculated
sum of remaining book value across 34 rows = £265m
(annual charge x seasons left, per player)This is not what the squad is worth. Book value is the part of past transfer fees not yet written down; a sale above it is book profit, below it a loss.
- From reported fees (accounting run-off)£265m · 100%
- Apportioned from the club charge (no fee in evidence)£0m · 0%
£0m of book value sits on contracts that end this season, so it either runs off or is re-based by a renewal. No loan-in players are on the ledger.
Book value on players whose fee is not in evidence is an apportionment of the club's filed charge, labelled MODELLED in the table. Loans do not pause amortisation for the club that owns the registration.
- 24 · Burkina FasoModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £12m
- Wage
- £3m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £9m
- Book value
- £36m
- Contract
- 4 seasons left
- 24 · MaliModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £12m
- Wage
- £3m-£4mest
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £8m
- Book value
- £40m
- Contract
- 5 seasons left
- 20 · EnglandModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £12m
- Wage
- £5m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £6m
- Book value
- £19m
- Contract
- 4 seasons left
- 21 · SenegalModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £11m
- Wage
- £3m-£4mest
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £7m
- Book value
- £34m
- Contract
- 5 seasons left
- 25 · BrazilModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £9m
- Wage
- £4m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £6m
- Book value
- £28m
- Contract
- 5 seasons left
- 24 · PortugalModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £9m
- Wage
- £2m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £7m
- Book value
- £20m
- Contract
- 3 seasons left
- 24 · NetherlandsModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £8m
- Wage
- £1m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £7m
- Book value
- £20m
- Contract
- 3 seasons left
- 26 · EnglandModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £8m
- Wage
- £3m-£4mest
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £4m
- Book value
- £15m
- Contract
- 4 seasons left
- 20 · AustriaModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £7m
- Wage
- £3m-£4mest
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £3m
- Book value
- £15m
- Contract
- 5 seasons left
- 27 · IrelandModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £6m
- Wage
- £3m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £3m
- Book value
- £12m
- Contract
- 4 seasons left
- 21 · NetherlandsModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £6m
- Wage
- £2m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £4m
- Book value
- £17m
- Contract
- 4 seasons left
- 20 · EnglandModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £4m
- Wage
- £3m-£4mest
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0m
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- expiring
- 34 · EnglandModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £4m
- Wage
- £3m-£4mest
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mfree/loan
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- expiring
- 24 · EnglandModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £4m
- Wage
- £3m-£4mest
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0m
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- expiring
- 26 · DenmarkModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £4m
- Wage
- £4m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- 4 seasons left
- 20 · EnglandModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £4m
- Wage
- £3m-£4mest
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0m
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- expiring
- 20 · TürkiyeModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £4m
- Wage
- £3m-£4mest
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0m
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- expiring
- 24 · ScotlandModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £4m
- Wage
- £4m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- 2 seasons left
- 21 · NigeriaModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £3m
- Wage
- £2m-£4mest
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- 4 seasons left
- 22 · ItalyModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £3m
- Wage
- £3m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- 6 seasons left
- 19 · BelgiumModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £3m
- Wage
- £1m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £2m
- Book value
- £8m
- Contract
- 5 seasons left
- 25 · EnglandModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £3m
- Wage
- £3m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- 5 seasons left
- 28 · NorwayModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £3m
- Wage
- £3m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- 4 seasons left
- 30 · DenmarkModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £3m
- Wage
- £3m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- expiring
- 29 · JamaicaModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £3m
- Wage
- £3m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- expiring
- 28 · GermanyModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £3m
- Wage
- £3m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- 4 seasons left
- 27 · EnglandModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £2m
- Wage
- £2m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mfree/loan
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- expiring
- 25 · IrelandModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £2m
- Wage
- £2m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- 3 seasons left
- 20 · BrazilModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £1m
- Wage
- £1m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- 4 seasons left
- 22 · UkraineModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £1m
- Wage
- £1m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- 5 seasons left
- 24 · IcelandModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £1m
- Wage
- £1m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- 4 seasons left
- 26 · EnglandModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £1m
- Wage
- £1m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- 3 seasons left
- 24 · GermanyModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £1m
- Wage
- £1m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- 2 seasons left
- 21 · Korea, SouthModel a sale
- Annual squad cost
- £0m
- Wage
- £0m
- Annual transfer-fee cost
- £0mapportioned
- Book value
- £0m
- Contract
- expiring
Wage labels: reported salaries are gross fixed pay from a public source; estimated wages are bounded PSRwatch ranges capped at the club's highest reported salary. Apportioned amortisation is a share of the club's filed charge, not a reported fee.
Reconciliation to the accounts£19m of wages and £9m of amortisation above the filed charge
- Player rows (24 reported, 10 estimated)
- £91m
- Player and head-coach wage line (from accounts)
- £110m
- Unallocated: bonuses, employer NI, image rights, head coach
- £19m
- Player rows (16 reported fees, 16 apportioned, 2 free or loan)
- £65m
- Club charge (filed, grown forward)
- £55m
- Above the filed charge
- £9m
A negative residual is not an error: contracts signed since the last filed year end amortise above that year's charge, which is exactly what a busy window does to a cost base. The squad-cost test on the Compliance tab uses the club figures.
Squad analysis
Amortisation wall: when past transfer fees stop being charged
£265m of book value still to be charged across 12 players. The annual charge falls below half of this season's by 2030/31. This season's £65m is 25 points of the squad-cost ratio.
Contract cliff: what expires, and the wages at stake
20% of the ledger's annual cost sits on contracts ending within two seasons. Expiring wages either fall away or must be renewed; expiring book value runs off by then.
- 2026/27: Ji-soo Kim, Rico Henry, Mathias Jensen, Josh Dasilva, Callum Wilson, Benjamin Arthur and 3 more · £27m wages (5 estimated), £0m book value
- 2027/28: Aaron Hickey, Kevin Schade · £4m wages, £0m book value
- 2028/29: Ellery Balcombe, Sepp van den Berg, Nathan Collins, Fábio Carvalho · £5m wages, £39m book value
- 2029/30: Caoimhín Kelleher, Hákon Valdimarsson, Kristoffer Ajer, Benjamin Fredrick, Vitaly Janelt, Mikkel Damsgaard and 5 more · £32m wages (2 estimated), £99m book value
Age profile against cost
Average age 24; weighted by cost, 23.6. 2 players aged 30 or over carry £7m (4% of annual cost).
Cost concentration
£36m
£56m
£93m
8 players account for half of the ledger's annual cost. Top three: Dango Ouattara, Mamadou Sangaré, Josh Stephenson.
Loan exposure
£19m of book value is parked at other clubs across 5 loaned-out players, still amortising £6m a year here. Loans do not pause amortisation. Their wages (£21m) stay on this ledger unless the borrowing club's share is reported.
- Out: Benjamin Arthur to Portsmouth FC · £0m book value, £0m a year
- Out: Josh Stephenson to Crewe Alexandra · £19m book value, £6m a year
- Out: Matthew Cox to Barnet FC · £0m book value, £0m a year
- Out: Romelle Donovan to Sheffield United · £0m book value, £0m a year
- Out: Yunus Konak to Lincoln City · £0m book value, £0m a year
Every player links to a page with the full financial story (contract, wages, amortisation run-off, book value, transfer history). See the whole league on the players table. Want to test a sale or a signing against these numbers? Open the Brentford calculator.