Igor Thiago ya rubuta sunansa a tarihin Premier League a cikin 2025/26, inda ya ci kwalabe 22 — rikodin da ba Bahaushe mai harshen Fotigal ya ci a kakar wasa guda a tarihin Premier League na Ingila. Amma bayan wasanni bakwai na 2026/27, dan wasan Brentford ya samu kwalabe daya da taimako daya kawai, lamarin da ya haifar da shakku ko aikinsa na shekarar da ta wuce ya kasance na daban.
Kofin duniya da ya kamata a manta da shi
Farkon kakar wasan Thiago mai wahala a shekarar nan na iya zama sakamakon FIFA World Cup 2026 mai wuya tare da Brazil. Carlo Ancelotti ya ba shi wuri mai mamaki a cikin ƙungiyar farko don wasan farko da Morocco, yana dogara da ƙarfinsa a iska da halayensa na jiki. Amma dan wasan ya kasa yin tasiri.
Ya ɓata babbar dama da kansa a minti na 13 bayan wata kyakkyawar kwallo daga Vinicius Junior. Bugun daga nesa a farkon rabi na biyu Yassine Bono ya kare shi cikin sauƙi. A minti na 62, Ancelotti ya cire shi ya sa Luiz Henrique a maimakonsa — kuma Thiago bai sake buga wasa a gasar ba.
Lokuta da suka bayyana kakar wasansa
Takaici ya ci gaba zuwa sabuwar kakar Premier League. A farkon mako na farko, Brentford suna kan 3-0 a kan Tottenham, Thiago ya doke bugun fenariti — amma ya buge gindin ginshiƙi na hagu ko da mai tsaron raga Antonin Kinsky ya yi nutsewa zuwa gefen da bai dace ba. Fuskarsa ta nuna dukkan takaicin da ke cikinsa.
Bushewar kwallonsa — wadda ta fara a ƙarshen 2025/26 — ta ƙare a ranar 18 ga Satumba, lokacin da ya kasance mafi sauri wajen amsa kwallo da aka mai da ta sanya Brentford 2-0 a gaban Chelsea. Ya bayyana kamar juyi, amma kwallabe bai biyo baya ba. A zanen 2-2 da Aston Villa, ya yi harbi daya kawai, kuma a kan Liverpool ya rasa dama kusa da ƙofar gida bayan Jaidon Anthony ya tsere ya ba shi kwallo.
Ƙididdigar da ke ba da labarinta da rikitarwa
Ƙididdigar tushen Thiago ba ta da ban tsoro. Yana taɓa ƙwallon sau uku a matsakaita a cikin akwatin abokan hamayya a kowace wasa idan aka kwatanta da lokaci ɗaya na kakar wasan da ta gabata, kuma yana harba harbe-harbe da yawa — ko da yake ƙaramin rabo daga cikinsu yana samun nishanci. Jimlar xG ɗinsa ma ya fi abin da ya kasance bayan wasanni bakwai a 2025/26, ko da yake ya ci kwallabe huɗu a wancan lokaci sabanin ɗaya yanzu.
Bayan kwallabe, shi ne ke jagorantar Brentford wajen ayyukan lura mai girma kuma yana matsayi na uku wajen nisan da ya yi tafiya a tsakanin 'yan wasan filin, tare da kilomita 72.7 — a bayan Vitaly Janelt (83.16km) da Kristoffer Ajer (74.66km) kawai.
Andrews yana goyon bayan dan wasansa
Babban koci na Brentford Keith Andrews ya bayyana tallafi nasa. Ya ce: «Lafiya yake. Ba na ganin wani abu mara kyau a halayensa, ko a horon ko natsuwar da yake da shi a gaban ƙofar gida. An lura da shi sosai, saboda dalilai bayyanannu. Amma aikinsa gaba ɗaya ya kasance mai kyau sosai don haka ba ni da damuwa.»
Andrews ya kuma jaddada cewa nasarar ƙungiyar ta gaba ɗaya tana sanya rashin kwallaben Thiago ya zama mai sauƙi. Brentford sun ci kwalabe 13 a wasanni bakwai, 12 daga cikinsu sun ci ta hannun 'yan wasa takwas daban-daban ban da Thiago. Ƙungiyar tana matsayi na shida, kuma Brighton (23), Manchester City (19), da Chelsea (17) ne kawai suka fi su ci kwalabe.
Idan Thiago ya ci gaba da matakan aikinsa na gaba ɗaya, wataƙila ba zai daɗe ba kafin kwallaben su fara komowa.
