TOTTENHAM have agreed a deal worth £28million for AC Milan striker Krzysztof Piatek.
The Polish forward, 24, is expected to sign a 3½-year contract and scheduled to complete a medical in the next 48 hours.
Tottenham hope Krzysztof Piatek can replace Harry Kane’s goals
Jose Mourinho’s North Londoners will pay an initial fee of £23.8m — with a further £4.2m to come in add-ons.
Spurs will be without star goalscorer Harry Kane until April after confirming the England skipper needs to go under the knife to fix his hamstring injury.
Kane limped out of Tottenham’s clash with Southampton clutching his left leg and is racing to be fit for Euro 2020 with a ruptured tendon.
SunSport exclusively revealed yesterday that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy was desperate to bring in a new striker and planned to hold talks over Piatek.
Aston Villa, Newcastle and Crystal Palace were interested but Spurs are in pole position to land the ace, who is keen to stay at a big club.
Piatek joined AC Milan from Genoa for £30m in January last year after scoring 13 goals in his 19 games for them following a £3million move from Cracovia.
The Polish international has only scored four times this season and is keen to move after Milan re-signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic, which has pushed him down the pecking order.
Mourinho has also lost Moussa Sissoko until April with the midfielder undergoing knee surgery.
No1 stopper Hugo Lloris is recovering from injury, along with summer signing Tanguy Ndombele and full-back pair Danny Rose and Ben Davies.
Sun Doctor Dr Carol Cooper shares her view
A HAMSTRING tendon repair is a three or four-month lay-off so Harry could be out until May.
There is no doubt he is in a race for Euro 2020.
But it is a balance between the pressures of getting fit versus whether it is right for his body.
Look at David Beckham and his famous metatarsal fracture ahead of the 2002 World Cup. He returned quicker than expected but wasn’t at his best. The same with Wayne Rooney in 2006.
Will Gareth Southgate be worried? I expect so.
Right now I’d give Harry a 70-30 per cent chance of being fit for the Euros.
Even if Harry is back for the Euros, how he performs is another question.
The hamstrings are vital as they span two joints — the hip and knee.
Strains are common and generally improve without surgery but a ruptured hamstring tendon needs the two ends to be stitched up.
After the op, Harry will be in a limited motion brace and will start on a physio programme to ensure he doesn’t lose any fitness.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
