Olunga successor there
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Al-Duhail presented a successor a few days after the reported farewell to the long-time top scorer Michael Olunga. The former Herthan Krzysztof Piatek steps into the big footsteps and thus reaches in the new season after the title in the Qatar Stars League. Piatek scored 48 times for his last club Basaksehir in 84 competitive games and delivered six assists.
In mid-May, it was said that Al-A-A-Aper is now able to prevail from the United Arab Emirates compared to the Katar, who was also interested. Advanced talks would be between the Istanbulers, the 29-year-old Poland and the AFC Champions League winner from 2024. Now Al-Duhail has won the race.
According to the “kicker”, ex-club Hertha BSC now benefits. The Berliners had transferred 24 million euros to AC Milan for Piatek in January 2020, and the second highest transfer in the club’s history to this day. However, the international was never fair to the old lady, scored only 13 goals in 58 games and was awarded twice before moving to Basaksehir free of charge in 2023. According to information from the magazine, the Berliners, who dissolved his contract at the time, secured a participation in resale in the amount of 20 percent.