Krzysztof Piatek has officially joined Milan in a deal worth €35m plus bonuses after 19 goals in 21 games for Genoa.
The 23-year-old Poland international was picked up from Cracovia Krakow for just €4.5m in July and became an immediate sensation.
He found the net 13 times in 19 Serie A appearances, along with six goals in just two Coppa Italia matches, including four on his competitive debut.
Piatek had his medical this morning and put pen to paper on a contract to June 2023 at Casa Milan this evening, reportedly worth €2m per season.
He'll be presented to the media in a Press conference on Thursday afternoon.
With in mind the talk of a 'Curse of the Milan Number 9' jersey, as all those who wore it have flopped since Pippo Inzaghi's retirement, Piatek has chosen Number 19 instead.
His arrival sparks a domino effect on the transfer market, as now Gonzalo Higuain is free to join Chelsea via Juventus, terminating his loan with Milan six months early.
Piatek: Goals & Highlights
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siiiw
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The biggest winner is Genoa with €30 m profit. Hope he wiil b next Shevcenko or Inzhagi.
dazbinpst
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well I do not blame some football fans, because I believe you are just joining the world of football,if not who is even talking about Chelsea when a club like AC Milan are in market The 7th times European champions not even a single team in England had won more than 5 champions league. so the boy had choose to be with the champions and there's nothing you can do about it. after all every player will like to be with the champions.
samygold
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how on earth did this wonderkid agree.to join milan of all clubs... i have a feeling he will not reach his potential he should have waited for a better club or chelsea should have bought him instead. it is suprising to see the hottest kid around(19 goals in 21 apps for a small team like genoa) join a struggling milan for mere €36M this is the worst deal this summer.
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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I mean I'm not even surprised that we are on the Losing end of this deal. Last time we let Michy go to Dortmund to score like 7 goals in 9 games and let Arsenal get Aubameyang who is class and we ended up with Giroud who's decent but clearly the worst of the 3. This time again Milan got Piatek who's a future prospect, Atletico get Morata who still got time to develop into a class player and we get Higuain who can give us a season at best. Chelsea have been on the Losing end of deals since Costa left. All we've done is sign 2nd or 3rd options and bench players at other clubs. It's no wonder we are performing so inconsistently, it's a squad of brilliant and average players mixed. Higuain is a good deal but short term and if we get a ban, we need long term players not short term ones...
Dinko
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how on earth did this wonderkid agree.to join milan of all clubs... i have a feeling he will not reach his potential he should have waited for a better club or chelsea should have bought him instead. it is suprising to see the hottest kid around(19 goals in 21 apps for a small team like genoa) join a struggling milan for mere €36M this is the worst deal this summer.
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First of all this is winter and he is a fan of ac milan. He has many photographs with ac Milan. merchandise so relax and Milan is rising back now next Target lw.