Brentford battling Forest for 'game-changing' Brazilian prospect

Brentford and Nottingham Forest are reportedly funny successful Gremio youngster Gabriel Mec.

The 17-year-old has featured successful conscionable 13 competitory matches for the Gremio first-team, including 5 appearances successful the 2026 Brasileiro.

Mec was portion of the Brazil squad that finished successful 4th spot successful the 2025 Under-17 World Cup successful Qatar.

The youngster has shown plentifulness of committedness with performances astatine the younker level and for Gremio's elder side, starring to transportation involvement from clubs successful Europe.

Brentford, Forest successful Mec transportation race

According to Sports Witness, Mec turned down the accidental to articulation Ukrainian broadside Shakhtar Donetsk earlier this term.

The aforesaid study claims that Brentford and Forest are present 'firmly' successful the contention to motion an attacking imaginable touted arsenic a 'game-changing player'. 

The 2 Premier League clubs person some made 'enquiries' implicit a imaginable move, with Gremio acceptable to authorisation a merchantability to amended their fiscal situation.

The Brazilian broadside volition look to judge a 'strong offer' successful the summertime transportation model by which constituent Mec would beryllium 18 and eligible for a transportation to Europe.

However, Brentford and Forest could look transportation contention from 2 of Portugal's biggest clubs. 

Benfica person already held discussions implicit a imaginable transfer, portion Porto are besides successful the premix for the imaginable who tin play arsenic a fig 10 oregon arsenic a winger.

Why Brentford whitethorn person borderline implicit Forest astatine this stage

Brentford and Forest volition person to beryllium wary of contention from elsewhere if they determine to prosecute a woody for Mec.

But retired of the 2 Premier League sides, Brentford whitethorn person the borderline owed to the uncertainty implicit Forest's Premier League status.

The Tricky Trees whitethorn person moved 3 points clear of the driblet with a 3-0 win implicit Tottenham Hotspur earlier the planetary break, but they inactive person enactment to bash to sphere their Premier League status.

In contrast, Brentford are successful seventh spot and could person European shot to connection by the extremity of the season.

That said, Forest could enactment up and suffice for European contention by winning the Europa League, which would surely marque them an charismatic proposition.