Article translated from ESPN Brazil. Not really interested in suggestions of a January transfer but it looks like Igor may have a chance to get himself in the Brazil WC team.
The article is dated November 4th.
Observed by Ancelotti, Brazilian scorer arouses interest from Tottenham and Aston Villa
Brazilian with more goals in the five main European leagues and on the radar of
Carlo Ancelottina national team, center forward
Igor Thiago, from
Brentford, can shake the
Premier Leaguein the January transfer window.
ESPN found out that
Tottenham Hotspur and
Aston Villa are keeping an eye on and made the first contacts to understand the values and business conditions involving the 24-year-old striker, who has
seven goals in
11 games for the English team.
Brentford, in turn, has no interest in trading its main player in the middle of the season. Recently, the team lost one of its stars,
Bryan Mbeumo, to
Manchester United.
Igor Thiago even appeared on coach
Ancelotti'spre-list for the friendly matches of the Brazilian national team against
Senegal and
Tunisia. The center forward, however, did not go to the final list of the Italian coach, but is still on the radar of the coaching staff.
Revealed by
Cruzeiro, Igor Thiago played
64 matches for Raposa and scored
10 goals before being bought by
Ludogorets, from Bulgaria, in March 2022. This, by the way, was Raposa's first sale after becoming SAF.
It was in Europe that the recognition of the center forward came. With
21 goals and
seven assists in
55 matches in the Bulgarian team, Igor landed in Belgium in June last year and needed little time to fall into the graces of
Club Bruggefans, a club in which he stood out before transferring to Brentford.