2024-02-15 19:58:15
The Brazilian Igor Thiago became the second most expensive Bulgarian football player. The former striker of “Ludogorets”, who has a birth passport, was sold by “Bruges” to the English “Brentford” for the sum of 37 million euros. Only Dimitar Berbatov was bought for more money. In 2008, the legend, who is now fighting for the president’s chair in BFS, was transferred from “Tottenham” to the giant “Manchester United” for 38 million euros.
With the sale of Tiago, 2 records fell. The transfer of the Brazilian is a record for a team from the Belgian championship. Thiago also became the most expensive player in the history of the elite “Brentford”. In the Premier League team, the until recently star of “Ludogorets” will replace the departing Ivan Toni. His contract with the English team is for 5 years, with an option to extend. Goalkeeper Tony will move to another team from the Island. Thiago made a real splash in his first months with the Bruges team. The forward has 26 goals in 40 games in all competitions and is the top-scoring Brazilian in Europe this campaign.
Otherwise, “Ludogorets” will choke a lot from the transfer of its former pearl. Residents of Razgrad sold Thiago to the Belgian team for just under 8 million euros. However, the 12-time champions put a clause in the contract, according to which they will also receive a percentage in the event of the sale of the Brazilian with a Bulgarian passport.
“Ludogorets” retained 12.5% of the player’s rights upon transfer. Thus, another 4.6 million euros will be added to the coffers of the residents of Razgrad.
“We are sure that Thiago will also conquer England”, wrote from “Ludogorets”, who also boasted about the prestigious transfer of their former player.