6 Premier League clubs compete to buy 'strange' player from Brazil team

Igor Jesus has just made his debut for the Brazilian national team. In his first match and starting position, this 23-year-old striker scored an extremely important goal to save his team (equalizing 1-1), contributing to the Selecao's 2-1 victory over Chile on October 11, to secure their chance to participate in the 2026 World Cup. The remaining goal was scored by Luiz Henrique.

Just debuted for the national team and made his mark, Igor Jesus' transfer value skyrocketed

The impressive debut helped Igor Jesus immediately attract the attention of Premier League clubs such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle, Brighton, Brentford and Nottingham Forest.

"Representatives of these teams immediately contacted Botafogo Club, where Igor Jesus is playing, to make a transfer offer. Botafogo is said to be ready to let their excellent striker go, they expect a fee of around 35 to 40 million euros," said O Globo channel (Brazil).

Igor Jesus is valued at only 6 million euros, according to Transfermarkt , and has a contract with Botafogo until December 2027. This player just transferred from Shabab Al Ahli (UAE) to Botafogo last July on a free transfer to play in the 2024-2025 season, so far playing a total of 19 matches, scoring 7 goals and having 1 assist.

Coach Dorival Junior unexpectedly called up Igor Jesus to the Brazilian national team after the absence of number 1 striker Vinicius. Meanwhile, young talent Endrick (18 years old) is still in the integration phase with Real Madrid and has not played much.

However, unexpectedly, this strange choice was the savior for the Brazilian team and the shaky seat of coach Dorival Junior. Igor Jesus scored the equalizer 1-1 for the Brazilian team in the 45+1 minute after a tricky header from Savinho's cross. Before that, the Chilean team took an early 1-0 lead thanks to Eduardo Vargas' goal in the 2nd minute, and also created a somewhat overwhelming attacking game.

Coach Dorival Junior kept his job thanks to the decision to call Igor Jesus to the national team.

Thanks to Igor Jesus' equalizer, the Brazilian team regained their spirit and had a dominating second half against their opponents, eventually winning an important 2-1 match thanks to Luiz Henrique's decisive goal in the 89th minute.

This result helped the Brazilian team rise to 4th place in the 2026 World Cup qualifying round in South America, with 13 points after 9 matches. They are currently only 2 points behind 3rd place Uruguay (who surprisingly lost 0-1 to bottom team Peru on October 12), and 3 points behind 2nd place Colombia. While they are 6 points behind the top team Argentina.

In the next match, Brazil will face Peru at home at 7:45 a.m. on October 16. If they continue to win, they will return to the top and secure a place in the 2026 World Cup, to maintain the tradition of the team that has never missed a World Cup final round.

The new player Igor Jesus will continue to be the main factor of the Brazilian team in the match against Peru. Meanwhile, coach Dorival Junior has just called up another new player, midfielder Matheus Pereira (Club Cruzeiro) to the team to replace the suspended star Lucas Paqueta.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/6-clubs-ngoai-hang-anh-tranh-nhau-mua-cau-thu-la-cua-doi-tuyen-brazil-18524101211532712.htm