Brentford are monitoring Gil Vicente's Bassco Soyer after the 19-year-old Peruvian winger scored 12 goals in 33 Under-23 appearances in Portugal, with the clubs' partnership creating a ready-made route for a potential move.
According to Portuguese newspaper Record, a loan move to Brentford's development structure is the most likely vehicle, given Gil Vicente hold Soyer's contract until June 2028.
No transfer is advanced, but Brentford are actively watching and the alliance between the two clubs — formalised in 2025 to create player development pathways — makes any approach straightforward.
Soyer arrived at Gil Vicente from Alianza Lima in the summer of 2025 as an unknown quantity in European football. Born on October 17, 2006, in Peru, he had made eight senior appearances for Alianza in the Peruvian Primera División before making the move to Portugal. What followed exceeded all reasonable expectations.
He ended the season having won the Liga Revelação title — Gil Vicente's first in that competition's history. His statistics were striking for a teenager adapting to a new continent: 12 goals and eight assists across 33 appearances. He was central to Gil Vicente's run to the final, where they beat Santa Clara 4-2 on aggregate.
He missed the second leg of that final after being called up to the Peru national team — a decision his club publicly supported, underlining the regard in which he is held both in Portugal and in his home country.
Soyer is described by Peruvian media as a player with excellent one-against-one ability and sharp technical quality. His natural position is as a left-footed winger or attacking midfielder who can operate on either flank.
Brentford's partnership with Gil Vicente has already yielded player movements in both directions and was specifically designed to facilitate exactly this kind of opportunity — identifying young talent in Portuguese football and bringing it into the Brentford development system before it catches the attention of larger clubs. The London club's proximity to European networks through the Portuguese pathway is one of the more quietly effective recruitment models in the Premier League.
Whether Soyer's first-team ambitions can be satisfied within Brentford's Under-21 setup is an open question. His camp has made clear that consolidating at Gil Vicente and breaking into the senior first team there remains the primary objective. Brentford's interest may accelerate that conversation.