Brentford injury news: Keith Andrews rules out attacker until after international break

Brentford brag Keith Andrews has revealed Fabio Carvalho volition beryllium retired until aft the planetary break.

Carvalho has experienced constricted crippled clip this play aft spending the bulk of the 2025-26 run retired with a superior genu injury.

The 24-year-old made his competitory instrumentality to enactment successful September's 2-1 triumph implicit Reading successful the EFL Cup.

Carvalho past came disconnected the seat to people Brentford's last extremity successful the 3-0 Premier League triumph implicit Chelsea connected September 18. 

Andrews reveals Carvalho wounded blow

The attacking midfielder has not featured since that triumph and has been wholly omitted from the matchday squad for the past 2 games against Hull City and Sunderland successful the Premier League and EFL Cup.

Andrews has present offered an mentation for Carvalho's caller absence, explaining that helium volition not play again earlier the November planetary window. 

“Fabio picked up a sound astir 10 days to 2 weeks ago, truthful he’s going to beryllium retired up until aft the planetary break,” Andrews told reporters up of Saturday's gathering with Nottingham Forest. 

“Everybody came done it [the Sunderland crippled connected Wednesday night] perfectly fine. A mates of them were playing for the archetypal clip successful a while.”

Who other successful Brentford's attraction room?

Andrews revealed connected Tuesday that defender Rico Henry volition beryllium retired for a "period of weeks" aft picking up a hep and quad injury. 

The Brentford brag is besides without the services of Josh Dasilva, Kaye Furo and Antoni Milambo, though the trio are making advancement successful their respective recoveries.

Midfielder Yehor Yarmolyuk is different absentee arsenic helium serves the last crippled of his three-match prohibition this weekend.

The players who are disposable for Saturday's fixture volition beryllium aiming to extremity Brentford's four-game winless tally successful each competitions.

The Bees caput into the play successful sixth spot successful the Premier League table aft taking 11 points from 8 matches.