10 Best World Football Transfers Of January 2020 Window
9. Krzysztof Piatek - AC Milan To Hertha BSC
Tenacious Number 9 Piatek invites many comparisons with compatriot Robert Lewandowski: a lethal penalty box predator even if he lacks a more complete game beyond that. So there is every possibility that his £22.8 million move to Hertha could make him the Bundesliga's next hot shot scorer.
Despite being sidelined at Milan by the recent return of the iconic Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Piatek remained one of the most in demand forwards in Europe this January. A rumoured move to Spurs fell through, likely as Jose Mourinho was only interested in a loan with an option to buy (although blame is being placed at the feet of Piatek's lawyer wife Paulina and her desire to live closer to their Polish home), leaving the Berlin club to benefit.
Piatek was scoring for fun in Serie A last season, netting one more than Cristiano Ronaldo across his spells with Genoa and Milan. His trademark "Pistolero" (gunslinger) celebration got a run out 22 times in the league and 8 in the Coppa Italia through the 2018/19 season. His other Serie A scoring records put him on a level with some of the legends of the game: goals in all his first seven Serie A games is a record only matched by Batistuta, scoring five in his first four only by Shevchenko.
Anything close to recapturing this strike rate and Hertha will have landed a player who can transform their fortunes going forward.