West Brom winger Kamil Grosicki and reported Everton target Arkadiusz Milik could change clubs in the January transfer window, Poland manager Jerzy Brzeczek told Il Mattino.
And you can see why the national team coach would be counting down the days until the winter window opens.
After flopping badly at the 2018 World Cup, Brzeczek needs all his star players at the top of their game if the Poles are to avoid repeating history at the European Championships next summer.
Unfortunately for him, Milik and Grosicki, two influential forwards with 133 caps and 32 goals between them, have not kicked a ball in anger so far in 2020/21 – at least in the league.
Grosicki has not played a single second of Premier League football after an October move to Nottingham Forest collapsed, while Milik was been left out of Napoli’s Serie A plans after refusing to sign a contract that expires next year.
The latter has also been replaced already by Victor Osimhen and Andrea Petagna.
“Arek Milik and Kamil are very important players for this team, with incredible quality”, Brzeczek said before a 2-0 win over Ukraine on Wednesday. “Personally, I count a lot on them.
“They are not having an easy time but I think they can change teams as early as January.”
Forest, who offered Grosicki a big pay rise at the City Ground, are expected to return in January after the player confirmed talks with Evangelos Marinakis a few weeks ago (Sportowe Fakty).
Middlesbrough are also interested (Mirror, 1 November, page 65).
AreaNapoli, meanwhile, claims that Everton are hoping to land target-man Milik, who played under Carlo Ancelotti at Napoli, for a bargain £14 million.
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