Krzysztof Piatek

[rabbikeane]

In poor form and stranger to the Premier League, if it's just a loan Giroud make more sense.
Would want permanent, or at least an option to buy, if it's Piatek

 

[banndervaart]

 

[Hakkz]

Don’t understand why his todger is out?

You and todgers... Filth.

 

[SpartanSpur]

Good luck to AC Milan trying to force Piatek to Berlin or West Ham with Spurs and possibly Chelsea interested. They'll be hoping to force Levy's hand but more likely to get a backlash from player/agent.

 

[Khilari]

Let's be clear then. Spurs clearly don't rate him as highly enough to buy him despite Milan being open to offers. We don't expect him to pull up trees and score 20 a season. However, what he offers us is something different. Plan B.

At the moment we have Son, Moura and Lamela able to play up top with Sonny the best equipped, Lamela the least. Dele is admirable playing off the front man, but when that doesn't work, all we can do at the moment is switch a pacy tricky front man for another or put on an attacking midfielder (Eriksen) to create space and put in a killer ball.

Llorente was, frankly average for us but did an important job. I didn't think his hold up play was very good actually and his heading was also poor. But we all recognised his value in that match against Ajax where he simply gave us a different option.

If we are in for Piatek (or Giroud), it won't be because they are stellar. It'll be because they offer something a little different to what we currently have. And, they know they are likely to play second fiddle to Kane in the long run. I can't imagine any top striker in the world agreeing to join Spurs expecting to compete with Kane particularly given how our formation.

 

[13VanDerBale13]

Squeaky Bum time

 

[THFCSPURS19]

 

[Spurs' Pipe Dreams]

I think playing understudy to Kane and Lewandowski at 23/24 is going to be hard, especially as teams rarely play two up front atm.

It all depends on the guys attitude and about being ready to do a job in the last 10 mins of games or if an unfortunate injury occurs to the main man, I'm hoping that his experience for Poland holds him in good stead in playing second fiddle and his willingness to come bodes well too.

If he can get a goal early doors it will make a massive difference to his Spurs career too and may even put a bit of pressure on Kane for the starting spot.

Good transfer window, young and apparently hungry players who can run with the ball and hopefully a poacher to finish off the chances too

 

[cjbyid]

 

[BringBack_leGin]

In Trix I trust ?

 

[YiddoInPoland]

If this guy signs and we have to make up a chant, his name is not Paitek its Piątek, and the ą part is not pronounced as an a but more like "on"

so its more like Piontek (Sure native polish speakers will correct me), which in English basically means Friday, which for some sad reason makes me laugh when i watch him on TV.

Been listening to fan tv YouTube talking about him and saying Piatek gets on my nerves for some reason, and i am not even fucking Polish.

That is your pedantic message of the week from this loser!

 

[BENNO]

Let's be clear then. Spurs clearly don't rate him as highly enough to buy him despite Milan being open to offers

I'm not sure this is clear at all - as far as i can tell (using all available info) it appears that we simply don't have the cash flow to purchase him outright now, so would like to structure a deal reflecting this. ????

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Let's be clear then. Spurs clearly don't rate him as highly enough to buy him despite Milan being open to offers. We don't expect him to pull up trees and score 20 a season. However, what he offers us is something different. Plan B.

At the moment we have Son, Moura and Lamela able to play up top with Sonny the best equipped, Lamela the least. Dele is admirable playing off the front man, but when that doesn't work, all we can do at the moment is switch a pacy tricky front man for another or put on an attacking midfielder (Eriksen) to create space and put in a killer ball.

Llorente was, frankly average for us but did an important job. I didn't think his hold up play was very good actually and his heading was also poor. But we all recognised his value in that match against Ajax where he simply gave us a different option.

If we are in for Piatek (or Giroud), it won't be because they are stellar. It'll be because they offer something a little different to what we currently have. And, they know they are likely to play second fiddle to Kane in the long run. I can't imagine any top striker in the world agreeing to join Spurs expecting to compete with Kane particularly given how our formation.

Probably the more likely scenario is that we have no money left seeing as we had to pay off Poch and bring in Jose and have also now make Lo Celso permenant and brought in Bergweign, but yes it may also be that we don't want another Janssen so are trying for a lower risk loan option.

 

[SpartanSpur]

The clubs that Piatek would leave for only want to loan him, with an option not an obligation. Spurs, Chelsea, etc...

Lesser clubs are willing to pay a fee, which Milan prefer (obviously) but the player will not. Hertha, WH, etc...

Someone is going to have to blink first. I doubt it'll be Levy, for better or worse. I imagine all this noise from both ends is because the deal is in the last knockings.

 

[dagraham]

Probably the more likely scenario is that we have no money left seeing as we had to pay off Poch and bring in Jose and have also now make Lo Celso permenant and brought in Bergweign, but yes it may also be that we don't want another Janssen so are trying for a lower risk loan option.

The lack of funds is quite worrying imo and doesn’t bode particularly well for the summer. Especially as we are almost certain to be losing continued CL revenue.

 

[Guernman]

We want to try him out before committing. Honestly, and some people thought Vincent Janssen wouldn't leave a meaningful Spurs legacy...

 

[Guernman]

I am sure this is not about our not having funds. A purchase would usually involve staggered payments anyway, so the payment this window wouldn't necessarily need to be more than the loan fee. We are just not convinced he will be a fit I suspect and maybe have an eye on better options in the summer

 

[spursfan77]

I want a striker as much as everyone else but I’m not certain this is the guy. The club aren’t either hence only wanting a loan

 

[banndervaart]

I want a striker as much as everyone else but I’m not certain this is the guy. The club aren’t either hence only wanting a loan

Giroud then, thoughts?

 

[SpartanSpur]

The lack of funds is quite worrying imo and doesn’t bode particularly well for the summer. Especially as we are almost certain to be losing continued CL revenue.

There could be certain covenants in the stadium financing that restrict total spending per season on transfers, so limitations in January might not be as valid in the summer. We had a pretty significant spend in the last window which could well be limiting what we can do in this window. No idea what our agreement is but we may well have a fresh budget come summer in terms of keeping the banks on side. I think the way Herc worded it suggested keeping the banks happy is the issue, rather than us being skint.

I'd imagine the growth of income compared to expenditure in the last 3 years has given us pretty strong profits. No doubt the potential lack of CL football will hurt us, but our lack of spending power now does not necessarily mean we'll only be in the market for cheap deals and loan deals in the summer also.