Why Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium could host Champions League football next season

Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium could reportedly beryllium utilized arsenic a venue for Shakhtar Donetsk's Champions League fixtures.

The Bees narrowly missed retired connected the accidental to bring Conference League shot to the Gtech Community Stadium adjacent season.

Keith Andrews's broadside finished the 2025-26 Premier League in ninth position, conscionable extracurricular the Conference League qualification spot connected extremity difference.

However, determination is inactive a anticipation that Brentford's stadium could big European shot successful the 2026-27 season.

Brentford successful talks to big Champions League fixtures

According to BBC Sport, Brentford are successful discussions with Ukrainian broadside Shakhtar implicit hosting their Champions League games for the upcoming season.

Shakhtar person to play their European games distant from their location stadium owed to Russia's ongoing penetration of Ukraine.

Arda Turan's broadside won the 2025-26 Ukrainian Premier League title, initially securing them a spot successful the 3rd signifier of Champions League qualifying.

However, they were subsequently moved into the main gully owed to the information Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain had already qualified done their Ligue 1 rubric success. 

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Europe's biggests nine could play astatine Brentford

UEFA are said to person nary contented with Shakhtar playing astatine the Gtech Community Stadium arsenic the crushed meets each of the required regulations.

If a woody is finalised betwixt Brentford and Shakhtar, the Gtech Community Stadium would beryllium conscionable the 2nd London crushed to big Champions League shot successful the forthcoming season, on with Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.

Shakhtar are provisionally successful cookware 3 for the league signifier draw, which volition instrumentality spot connected August 27.

The Gtech Community Stadium has go accustomed to hosting Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United and Aston Villa.

But determination are a fig of large European sides who perchance play astatine Brentford's location crushed if a woody if agreed with Shakhtar.

Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Roma, Napoli, Sporting Lisbon and Porto are each among the clubs that volition vie successful adjacent season's Champions League.