2) He was a goal machine in Italy that led to a big-money move
Piatek simply couldn’t stop scoring after arriving at Genoa. He scored four on his debut in a Coppa Italia tie against Lecce before going on to bag one just six minutes into his league debut versus Empoli.
The Polish striker scored in seven successive Serie A matches at the start of the campaign, scoring nine times. After 19 goals in 21 appearances, AC Milan came calling.
The Rossoneri were looking for a replacement for Gonzalo Higuain who was moving to Chelsea, so they shelled out €35m on Piatek in January 2019.
