Brentford have a superb observe document in terms of the event of gifted frontmen, with the likes of Ollie Watkins, Neal Maupay and Ivan Toney all excelling on the Vitality Stadium, however Igor Thiago has the potential to eclipse all of them. The Brazilian’s first yr on the membership was ruined by a severe damage, however he returned in higher form than ever final time period, and proceeded to bang in targets for enjoyable.
Thiago discovered the online 11 instances in Brentford’s first 13 Premier League outings, together with a memorable brace in opposition to Man Utd, and whereas his output slowed barely after the New Yr, he was nonetheless a continuing menace, and even unstoppable at instances, as Everton can attest to after seeing the ex-Membership Brugge star hammer in a hat-trick at Goodison Park.
Thiago was rewarded for his membership exploits as Carlo Ancelotti drafted him into Brazil’s World Cup squad, and he will probably be desirous to turn into a fixture for the nationwide group within the years to come back. Meaning his motivation to choose up from the place he left off at Brentford will probably be sky excessive, and it is a positive guess that Keith Andrews will proceed to construct his group across the highly effective 25-year-old.
The one factor to notice is that eight of Thiago’s targets got here from penalties, and he will probably be lucky to get that many once more, which implies he might must sharpen up his predatory abilities within the field to be a Golden Boot contender once more.
