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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Krzysztof Piatek reveals he rejected Spurs move"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-krzysztof-piatek-reveals-he-rejected-spurs-move/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "George McGibbon"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-03-09T20:50:22Z"
modified: "2021-03-09T20:50:22Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Krzysztof Piatek reveals he rejected Spurs move

**Speaking recently to the Polish media, Krzysztof Piatek revealed that he turned down a move to Tottenham Hotspur last year.**

In comments made to Prawda Futbolu (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/i-dont-know-i-can-talk-striker-reveals-tottenham-approach-supposed-replace-kane/)), the Hertha Berlin centre-forward claimed that Spurs made an offer to loan him for one-and-a-half years back in January 2020 – when [Harry Kane was sidelined due to injury](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/03/jose-mourinho-harry-kane-hamstring-injury-tottenham-hotspur) – but he preferred a move to the Bundesliga.

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The Poland international said: “I don’t know if I can talk about it, but Milan must have received an offer from Tottenham to loan me for 1.5 years. That was when Harry Kane was injured and I was supposed to replace him for the first three months. However, Hertha were more specific.”

Indeed, Piatek was [heavily linked](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/08/tottenham-join-chase-milan-krzysztof-piatek) with a £30m move to north London in the winter transfer window of the 2019/20 season, but the [£15.3m-rated](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/krzysztof-piatek/marktwertverlauf/spieler/327757) 25-year-old ultimately joined Hertha in a [£21.6m deal](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/krzysztof-piatek/transfers/spieler/327757).

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### Transfer Tavern Take

Piatek’s rejection of Spurs is something that was likely to have been a huge blow to Jose Mourinho at the time; and with the benefit of hindsight, it could easily be argued that not bringing a striker in during that January transfer window played a large part in Tottenham’s failure to secure a place in the top four last season.

However, considering the Poland international’s subsequent form at Hertha Berlin – [11 goals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/krzysztof-piatek/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/327757) and [three assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/krzysztof-piatek/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/327757) over 40 appearances for the club – as well as the fact that Tottenham now have Carlos Vinicius on their books, who has [nine goals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/carlos-vinicius/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/525287) and [three assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/carlos-vinicius/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/525287) over his 18 appearances for Spurs, it would appear that Piatek’s snubbing of the club could have been a blessing in disguise for Mourinho in the long run.

***In other news: Tottenham are also monitoring this attacker, find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-daniel-levy-and-spurs-plot-pre-summer-swoop-for-kyle-joseph/)***