Ivan Toney’s big-money transfer away from Brentford positioned into doubt after alternative suffers doubtlessly critical harm in pleasant

Brentford would possibly struggle more durable to maintain maintain of Ivan Toney this summer season after new striker Igor Thiago suffered an harm in a pre-season pleasant.

Thiago joined the Bees from Membership Brugge earlier this month in a deal value £30m.

The outlay on a ahead appeared to sign that Brentford are able to money in on Toney, who has caught the curiosity of plenty of huge golf equipment.

Nevertheless, Thiago’s begin to life on the membership may have gotten off to the worst doable begin after he broken his meniscus in Saturday’s 5-2 win over Wimbledon.

The 23-year-old, who scored twice within the sport, is ready to endure additional scans subsequent week to find out the severity of the issue.

Meniscus accidents are all the time a supply of significant concern with even minor ones leaving a participant on the sidelines for a month or two.

A tear can imply 4 to 6 months on the sidelines and Brentford could be left and not using a recognised No 9 for a lot of the season in that case, ought to Toney depart.

Tottenham and West Ham are focusing on Toney whereas Chelsea and Arsenal have cooled their curiosity. 

Toney has beforehand been linked as a possible alternative for Harry Kane, who left the membership for Bayern Munich final summer season.  

Brentford had been searching for a payment within the area of £100m earlier this yr however it’s believed they’re now open to a considerably decrease supply.

Igor Thiago suffered an harm in the course of the Wimbledon conflict and can endure additional scans 

Thiago notched 18 objectives in 34 Jupiler Professional League outings final time period – firing Brugge to the title.

He netted 15 in 32 for Bulgarian outfit Ludogorets in his first season in Europe.