Krzysztof Piatek

[Vesper 30,086]

29 minutes ago, the wes said:

just scored for international team his kid on fire 

We have to be looking into him HARD. Barca and Bayern now want him badly too. Along with probably all other big teams.

14 goals in 8 and a half games so far for club and country.

[Yeboii 1,844]

Tread carefully. Anyone remember Michu for Swansea?

[Vesper 30,086]

6 minutes ago, Yeboii said:

Tread carefully. Anyone remember Michu for Swansea?

Michu knocked us out of the 2013 league cup at the Bridge. Yes, he quickly tailed off, and was a bust overall, but he was 4 or 5 years older than Piątek when he came to the league, and his one good season was basically a fluke. He also played at AMF quite a bit and was never a classic striker.

Other than pipe dreams like Dybala and Icardi, the options for a truly class under 30yo striker who is actually available really fall off quickly. Piątek at the moment (emphasis on atm) seems the best option.

Belotti seems to be a one season wonder atm, and Werner will be insanely expensive for a player who is still not truly an established WC striker (that may change this year, but if he further explodes, his price soars well above £100m).

Maybe we (so risky we get stuck with another Morata) roll the dice on Maximiliano Gómez of Celta de Vigo or Giovanni Simeone of (eeek) Fiorentina.

If we don't get Icardi, Dybala, or Piątek, perhaps the best route is to go stop-gap with the 31yo (32yo in February) Cavani from PSG. I think he has 2, maybe, maybe 3 good seasons left in his tank after this one, as he takes super care of his body, like CR7.

[the wes 7,212]

14 hours ago, Vesper said:

We have to be looking into him HARD. Barca and Bayern now want him badly too. Along with probably all other big teams.

14 goals in 8 and a half games so far for club and country.

I read that some reports saying hes available at €40m 

[Vesper 30,086]

28 minutes ago, the wes said:

I read that some reports saying hes available at €40m 

Yes, and supposedly Napoli, Juve and  Bayern are now the favourites to buy him in January and loan him back to Genoa until the summer.

At this point I have have almost no faith in our board to get a decent striker (or much else). Jorginho was a real bit of luck, as he is a pure DH DMF, and very few clubs play a system where he can fit in. Shitty (but Pep offered no guarantees to playing time, whereas Sarri did) Barca (who have Busquets) Dortmund (who have Shitty target Julian Weigl) and Loserpool (who had already signed Fabinho) being the obvious. Plus, Sarri said, no Jorginho, no Sarri, and Ancelotti doesnt use a DH DMF, so it worked.

Kepa was (although I super rated him) a forced buy after they fucked up the handling of Courtois. They had £90m offer for Oblak turned down as well.

I dont trust them for shit atm to go out and grab a great striker, they either will not pay or will somehow get outbid/out-talked.

Piątek is surely worth taking a £35m punt on. Thats HALF what the POS Drinkwater costs us between fees, wages, insurance.

[nyikolajevics 2,690]

On 2018. 10. 11. at 9:56 PM, Yeboii said:

Tread carefully. Anyone remember Michu for Swansea?

Santa Cruz for Blackburn? Amr Zaki for Wigan? 

[Vesper 30,086]

On 13/10/2018 at 8:41 AM, nyikolajevics said:

Santa Cruz for Blackburn? Amr Zaki for Wigan? 

Morata for Chelsea. £70 million fucking quid. Shameful.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Good player but still very much unproven so don’t think it will happen as of yet. Has had a good run with goals so far but will hit a difficult spell because he’s in a smaller team and they will struggle but then I suppose we’ll see how good he really is, if he still manages to score with regularity or not. Or even get into goalscoring situations. 

[Vesper 30,086]

Chelsea lead race for £57m striker sensation – but there’s a catch

https://www.teamtalk.com/news/paper-talk-chelsea-lead-race-for-57m-serie-a-sensation-but-theres-a-catch-one-in-one-out-in-220m-man-city-deals

CHELSEA LEAD PIATEK CHARGE

Chelsea have been told they can win the race to sign Krzysztof Piatek – but there appears to be a couple of catches.

The Genoa striker has been in sensational form in Serie A this season, scoring 13 goals in eight games across all competitions.

That has led to speculation suggesting Roma and Liverpool were keen to sign him – while on Tuesday Napoli claimed they had opened talks over a €40m deal.

But reports in Italy, via the Daily Express, claim Genoa could now demand up to €65m (£57m) for the striker – a fee only Chelsea are willing to match.

Furthermore, Genoa have told interested parties there is no chance of doing a deal for the striker in January and any sale of Piatek must be put on hold until summer 2019.

With Olivier Giroud yet to score a goal and Alvaro Morata’s confidence vulnerable, Maurizio Sarri is thought to have earmarked the 23-year-old as a prime target for the Blues.

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[akgw13 867]

I am away this weekend but will be curious to watch the game Piatek plays vs Juventus when I get back home. I expect if he doesnt score twitter will roast him, I am more curious to see how he does with all the other aspects of the game against such a dominant opponent. That supposed price tag keeps creeping up, we will know ALOT more about him with 4/5 games against Juve, AC, Inter, & Napoli.

[the wes 7,212]

11 hours ago, Vesper said:

Chelsea lead race for £57m striker sensation – but there’s a catch

https://www.teamtalk.com/news/paper-talk-chelsea-lead-race-for-57m-serie-a-sensation-but-theres-a-catch-one-in-one-out-in-220m-man-city-deals

CHELSEA LEAD PIATEK CHARGE

Chelsea have been told they can win the race to sign Krzysztof Piatek – but there appears to be a couple of catches.

The Genoa striker has been in sensational form in Serie A this season, scoring 13 goals in eight games across all competitions.

That has led to speculation suggesting Roma and Liverpool were keen to sign him – while on Tuesday Napoli claimed they had opened talks over a €40m deal.

But reports in Italy, via the Daily Express, claim Genoa could now demand up to €65m (£57m) for the striker – a fee only Chelsea are willing to match.

Furthermore, Genoa have told interested parties there is no chance of doing a deal for the striker in January and any sale of Piatek must be put on hold until summer 2019.

With Olivier Giroud yet to score a goal and Alvaro Morata’s confidence vulnerable, Maurizio Sarri is thought to have earmarked the 23-year-old as a prime target for the Blues.

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We need to do this deal in January if it doesn't happen I'm afraid his price tag is going to shoot up in the summer 

[Jase 43,479]

9 minutes ago, the wes said:

We need to do this deal in January if it doesn't happen I'm afraid his price tag is going to shoot up in the summer 

But there's no guarantee he is the real deal. Last thing we need is another striker who flops! 

[Fernando 6,585]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

But there's no guarantee he is the real deal. Last thing we need is another striker who flops! 

We can always sell. 

I'm sure we can get rid of Morata, Bats and company. 

Worth a shot me thinks. 

[LAM09 7,043]

But there's no guarantee he is the real deal. Last thing we need is another striker who flops! 

He wouldn't cost £70m, so it's a much smaller risk unless Sarri actually sees anything in Michy. 

 

A lot could change by next summer, though.

 

[Jase 43,479]

4 hours ago, LAM09 said:

He wouldn't cost £70m, so it's a much smaller risk unless Sarri actually sees anything in Michy. 

A lot could change by next summer, though.

Who's to say he won't cost a fortune in January? If he keeps his form going, Genoa would surely put a big price tag on him, especially if the other big clubs are interested in him as well.