{"id":542118,"date":"2020-01-30T13:10:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T18:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=542118"},"modified":"2020-01-30T13:10:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T18:10:07","slug":"hertha-berlin-sign-striker-krzysztof-piatek-on-a-permanent-deal-from-ac-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/01\/30\/hertha-berlin-sign-striker-krzysztof-piatek-on-a-permanent-deal-from-ac-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hertha Berlin Sign Striker Krzysztof Piatek on a Permanent Deal From AC Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/bundesliga\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hertha Berlin<\/a> have completed the signing of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/serie-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AC Milan<\/a> striker Krzysztof Piatek. The striker arrives on a permanent deal with Hertha beating several clubs to the Polish striker\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n<h2>Hertha Berlin Sign Striker Krzysztof Piatek From AC Milan<\/h2>\n<h3>The Deal<\/h3>\n<p>Hertha Berlin announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herthabsc.de\/en\/teams\/piatek\/page\/1288--4-4-.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via their website<\/a> they had signed the striker. Piatek arrives for an undisclosed fee, signing a long-term contract with the German capital club.<\/p>\n<p>The deal is seen as a real coup for the Bundesliga club, with several clubs, including <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/tottenham\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>, competing for the dangerous striker\u2019s signature. Piatek only joined AC Milan in January last year, but the arrival of Zlatan Ibrahimovic has limited the striker\u2019s game time.<\/p>\n<p>He has always been a prolific figure wherever he has played. His career began in Poland, playing for Lechia Dzierzoniow, Zaglebie Lubin and KS Cracovia. Piatek made over 100 appearances for clubs in his home nation, scoring 50 goals.<\/p>\n<p>His prolific form earned him a move to Genoa in June 2018. He excelled with the Serie A side, scoring 19 goals in 21 games. That form earned him a move to AC Milan. However, his form and confidence has dipped in Milan. The Polish striker still has a decent record, scoring 16 in 41 games for Milan.<\/p>\n<p>The striker is ready to take the Bundesliga by storm and fire Hertha Berlin to safety in the Bundesliga. He joins a Hertha side sat in the bottom half of the Bundesliga, hovering above the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p>The Polish striker will make his debut this weekend when Hertha Berlin face Schalke on Friday night.<\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the Hertha Berlin website about his move, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herthabsc.de\/en\/teams\/piatek\/page\/1288--4-4-.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Piatek said<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m so happy that this transfer got done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way this club is going really convinced me that this was the right move for me and I\u2019m so excited to play with my new teammates. I want to contribute to this development with plenty of great performances and hopefully lots of goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"hbnY4q3HQ4JAIOfEhIGbrg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1202692067\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'hbnY4q3HQ4JAIOfEhIGbrg',sig:'IKE7Tur_gk4xHZgCnl9f2kCVOWZvXuSyu--PUeMUyAw=',w:'594px',h:'384px',items:'1202692067',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hertha Berlin have completed the signing of AC Milan striker Krzysztof Piatek. The striker arrives on a permanent deal with Hertha beating several clubs to the Polish striker\u2019s signature. Hertha Berlin Sign Striker Krzysztof Piatek From AC Milan The Deal Hertha Berlin announced via their website they had signed the striker. Piatek arrives for an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3241,"featured_media":542126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1580410800","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1363,30,5,28],"tags":[49,51,541,2920,48,136],"class_list":["post-542118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bundesliga","category-ac-milan","category-news","category-serie-a","category-transfers","tag-ac-milan","tag-bundesliga","tag-hertha-berlin","tag-krzysztof-piatek","tag-serie-a","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3241"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}