da bet sport： Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing AC Milan striker Krzysztof Piatek, per The Guardian.
da dobrowin： The club are, of course, at crisis point.
Harry Kane is injured and will not return to training until April.
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As such, they are said to be keen to recruit a striker this month; Piatek could instantly slot into the XI and then provide back-up for the England international next season.
Milan are said to want to receive a return on their £30m investment in the forward, but would he really be worth it?
Last season, Piatek was in electric form. Across 2018/19, he made 19 appearances for Genoa, scoring 13 goals, and hit nine in 20 for Milan.
This season, though, he has undergone a dramatic downturn in form.
Across 18 games this term, he has scored just four times. His last goal came against Bologna in a 3-2 win in December. Prior to that, his most recent goal came in October.
And throughout this season, his performances have been statistically poor too.
Per WhoScored, he has yet to provide an assist and has registered 2.9 shots per game.
Across 18 games, that comes to 52.2 shots in total, meaning that he needs 13 shots to score a goal in league football.
Kane, by comparison, has scored 11 goals in 20 league appearances this season and averages 2.8 shots per game; that’s 5.09 shots for every goal.
Piatek also averages 0.9 key passes per game, which is a feather in his cap, but he is clearly immobile on the ball. He averages just 0.2 dribbles per game.
Of course, Spurs’ hands are somewhat tied.
It is difficult to convince a brilliant striker to join the club merely to play second fiddle to Kane and, thus, they are shopping in a very specific market.
However, Piatek’s stats will hardly be filling the club’s recruitment team with joy.
Spurs should tread carefully before signing a player for such a huge fee who has been in remarkably poor form this season.
Meanwhile, Spurs boss Jose Mourinho has made a huge transfer demand in January.