🚨 Official: Tigres land attacking reinforcement from Toluca
The Mexican forward, who comes from a good season with Toluca, the current Liga MX champion, wants to become the key player in the Tigres attack and, in the not-too-distant future, hopes to fill the shoes of the legend, André-Pierre Gignac.
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