Neil MacFarlane has been installed as an assistant to new Brentford head coach Keith Andrews, with Sam Saunders promoted to the role of the club’s B-team boss.
Mehmet Ali has joined Andrews’ backroom team as well – also as assistant first-team coach.
Under MacFarlane, the B team won the London Senior Cup in 2021/22 and the Premier League Cup in 2022/23 – and 17 players from the squad progressed to the first team.
Saunders, who was MacFarlane’s assistant, is a popular figure at the club, having made more than 200 appearances for Brentford as a player.
Ali has been Arsenal’s Under-21s boss for the past three years and has also worked at Tottenham and Reading.
“Neil has been at the football club for a long time; he understands the club’s values and culture,” Andrews told the club website.
“The values that our B-team players come into the first-team environment with are so important.
“The collaboration and alignment with the B team is something I really want to push and hopefully bring to new levels.
“Neil is a greatly experienced coach and will make a seamless transition to this role.”
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