By admin Brentford manager Thomas Frank is expecting to carry on a recent trend of the team generating elite goal scorers by signing Igor Thiago for the upcoming campaign.
Of course, we’re hoping he’ll get right into it. According to Frank, who is now pounding in goals for Club Bruges, “He’s a physically strong striker, good in the air, good in the box, good in pressing, and he’s also quick.”
Frank talks about the incredible run of strikers “The Bees” have had during his tenure, saying, “Clearly he has to adapt his level from Belgium to the Premier League which can take a little getting used to, but he’s got a great mentality, so hopefully he can make it five in a row.”
After Frank took over, Neil Maupay’s season saw him go from 12 to 25 goals, which earned him a transfer to Brighton. Saïd Benrahma scored 17 goals the season after the previous one, although he never quite reached that total at West Ham.
The same season, Brentford acquired Ivan Toney from Peterborough in place of Ollie Watkins, who scored a scorching 25 goals before moving to Aston Villa.
Then, he becomes the top scorer with 31 goals, breaking the Championship record. The Danish boss, who appears to have a penchant for getting goals out of his frontline, says, “He scores 12 goals in the Premier League in the first season before topping that with 20 in our second season.”
It’s actually a concoction of several factors. To produce a run of strikers scoring an endless amount of goals, Frank explains, “As a club, we’ve been good at scouting and then the way we set up to play, the demands we have to a striker also has a lot to say in the matter.”
While Benrahma, Watkins, and Toney have all scored goals, Frank acknowledges that he is especially proud of Neil Maupay.
“After going 18 months without scoring a goal, we bring him back on loan, and he ends up scoring eight goals overall and six in the Premier League for us. Something we’re doing must be correct.”