Igor Thiago: Brentford’s Ideal Ivan Toney Replacement, or the Premier League’s Next Wesley Moraes?

Heading into the 2023/24 Premier League season, and in the whole year prior to that, one main question has engulfed all the discussion surrounding Brentford Football Club, how will they replace Ivan Toney? Or, more specifically who will they replace him with. 

With just a couple of weeks left before the start of the campaign, the England international hasn’t actually left The Bees yet, but, whilst his eight-month ban for breaching The FA’s betting regulations means it may not be for £70million+ fee that was initially touted for his services, Toney himself has stated his desire to play for a “big club” and so it is widely expected that he will be sold come the end of the summer. 

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Even if, for some remarkable reason, Toney doesn’t have any buyers, his contract is still due to expire next June, so the signing of a replacement will definitely be required eventually. And, what many people either haven’t realised or have simply forgotten, is that Thomas Frank’s side have already secured that replacement. In the form of Igor Thiago.