Feyenoord star Igor Paixao ‘attracting interest from three Premier League clubs’ after impressive display against AC Milan’s Kyle Walker
- Paixao scored as Feyenoord beat AC Milan in Champions League play-off first leg
- The Brazilian is reportedly keen on a switch to the Premier League this summer
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Feyenoord star Igor Paixao is reportedly attracting interest from three Premier League clubs following his impressive performance against AC Milan this week.
The 24-year-old winger scored the only goal of the match as the Dutch side claimed a 1-0 win in the first leg of the Champions League play off clash.
his strike cme inside just three minutes after beating Kyle Walker down the left before firing past Mike Maignan in what was the start of a diccult evening for the England right-back.
Tottenham, Bournemouth and Newcastle are all keen on Paixao this summer, according to The Sun.
The Brazilian has scored eight goals and provided 14 assists this in all competitions for Feyenoord, who sit fifth in the Dutch top flight.
Feyenoord value Paixao at £25million and the player is keen on a switch to the Premier League.
Feyenoord star Igor Paixao is reportedly attracting interest from three Premier League clubs
The Brazilian impressed against AC Milan and gave Kyle Walker (right) a difficult night
Bournemouth and Newcastle are said to have had scouts in attendance in Rotterdam to watch the Brazilian against Milan on Wednesday night.
And they will likely have been left impressed as he tormented Walker all night having completed the most dribbles and created more chances than all his team-mates.
Paixao went close to getting a second-goal as he hit the crossbar and also skipped past Walker before again going close with a shot from the halfway line.
Walker afterwards insisted Milan must take a different approach in the return fixture next week if they are to advance to the last-16.
He said: ‘I’ve been here for two weeks. Since I’ve been here it’s been good, this is a setback and we have to recover first of all in the championship and then in the return leg.
‘The atmosphere, the crowd with their passion and the belief that we will put in: it will be a different match but also the approach must be different.
‘It is not only valid for the forwards, we all have to contribute more.’
