“An exceptional left foot.
This compliment addressed to Arkadiusz Milik does not come from any flatterer.
Dennis Bergkamp, a goldsmith in the field, is the author.
This is to say everything about the consideration given by the microcosm of the attackers to the new recruit of OM.
At almost 27 years old, he will celebrate them on February 28, the Polish international therefore binds his destiny this Thursday to that of Marseille, where he is loaned for 18 months with a purchase option.
By this choice, he intends to give new impetus to a career put on hiatus in recent months.
For its part, Marseille, in need of efficiency, 6th in Ligue 1 with a late match against Nice, commits a little to the rest of its season to quit or double.
To pick up a little on the podium, the hard-pressed leaders, Jacques-Henri Eyraud in the lead, shoot down their last card with Milik.
The famous "great striker", long promised to rebellious and incredulous supporters, therefore takes the features of the former Neapolitan placarded in Campania after a rather prolific previous exercise (14 goals in 35 games in all competitions).
Fan of Cristiano Ronaldo, Milik, in a relationship with Jessica Ziolek a fashionable blogger in vogue, has assets up his sleeve to turn certain uncertainties into success.
“It weighs on a defense.
Physically, he has something to respond to.
He has the technique of the post.
He is clean in everything he does, observes Grégory Paisley, BeIN Sports consultant for Serie A. Able to transform into a passer, he is interesting in his handing over game.
He likes to take down and combine, to better position himself in the box.
"
"He will suffer from a lack of rhythm"
In echo, Ludovic Obraniak, partner of the neo-Marseillais in selection from 2012 to 2014, adds: “We are talking about a good player, even a very good, insists the former Lille now consultant on La Chaîne L'Equipe.
He has continued to improve since his first steps at Bayer Leverkusen which were not obvious.
In Naples, he was stopped by two serious knee injuries in 2016 and 2017. Each time, he came back.
Above all, he's a good kid!
The state of mind is more and more important in football today.
We must focus on human qualities.
And, on that, he's great.
"
On the other hand, legitimate questions weigh on its current form.
Discarded since last summer, after his refusal to extend his contract at Napoli, we must go back to November 15, 2020 to regain his presence on a field.
It was during a match with his selection against Italy in the Nations League.
We have to take an even bigger leap back for his last club participation on August 8, 2020 in the knockout stages of the Champions League in Barcelona.
“Inactivity, with long months without competition, is never neutral,” says Paisley.
It takes time to regain the sensations.
"
Concretely, the Marseille staff will have to deal with this physical hazard and set up a suitable recovery program before imagining seeing it continue and shine.
“He will suffer from a lack of rhythm and will not last 90 minutes overnight.
It will be a question of sparing it, abounds Yvan Le Mée, one of the French agents well established in Italy.
In a winter market of opportunities, there is one for OM.
This club has not had such a striker for a long time.
It is no coincidence that Atlético and Juventus have recently expressed their interest.
»Obraniak specifies:« We must not forget that large armadas were on him.
It fits well with what OM currently needs, which cannot achieve pharaonic blows but can attempt bets.
This one is very beautiful.
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"It's not Lewandowski, don't start comparing them"
Author of 38 goals in 93 Serie A games since his transfer from Ajax in 2016 for 32 million euros, Milik, a shy boy, orphaned from the age of 6, discovers a fourth foreign country after the Germany, the Netherlands and Italy.
"He is not a crack, but he will be able to blend into a collective and prove to be important for a team, tempers Alessandro Montano, journalist for the Neapolitan radio" Punto Nuovo ".
If OM expects to welcome a star, there will inevitably be disappointment.
But it has quality.
He no longer had a choice.
In Naples, he was at an impasse.
Marseille is rather a good option, because it remains a club enjoying a certain visibility in Europe.
The prospect of being on the list of 23 Poles for the Euro is a natural motivation for him.
"
In selection, where he appeared in October 2012, he remains in the shadow of Robert Lewandowski, the star of Bayern Munich.
"It's not Lewandowski, don't start comparing them," Obraniak warns.
But
Arka
has an incredible left foot and has a certain technical sensitivity with the ball despite his large size
(Editor's note: 1.86 m)
.
He is very skilful in front of the goal in the penalty area.
"
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Under the spell of this silky left-hander, Rudi Völler, the sports director of Bayer Leverkusen, was convinced in 2012 to have hired "the greatest Polish talent of his generation. Legend of OM, where he won the Champions League in 1993, the former coach of the Mannschaft will undoubtedly have an eye on his former protégé. In a climate of trust, feeling empathy around him, Milik could finally put his actions in harmony with Völler's words and embody, like the German in his time, the secular motto of the Olympian club: "Right to goal ".
