John Textor understands the risk. Four signings made by clubs in its network Eagle Football in 2024 were enhanced and are in the Brazilian teamas “Extra” tells. They are Igor Jesus, Luiz Henrique, Alex Telles (Botafogo) e Abner (Lyon).
Player mapping is integrated between clubs, with Botafogo’s scouting department traveling to Lyon this year to draw up short, medium and long-term planning.
In the case of Luiz Henrique, John Textor personally went to negotiate with Betis, signing the striker for Botafogo and also Abner for Lyon.
Igor Jesus came for free after the end of his contract at Shabab Al Ahli. He was personally scouted by Eagle Football scout. Furthermore, there was a proposal of 10 million euros (R$61 million) to break the pre-contract with Botafogo, which he did not accept.
Alex Telles was monitored by the scout, with Eagle Football discovering that his contract with Al-Nassr would be terminated, which made Botafogo and John Textor quickly sign the full-back.
