On Saturday night at San Siro AC Milan will get the chance to watch Spezia defender Jakub Kiwior up close, a player that they are very keen on.
La Gazzetta dello Sport report that Kiwior is one of the big defensive talents in Serie A at the moment and recall how he actually functioned as a defensive midfielder at first with Spezia before Gotti moved him to centre-back where he has excellent.
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Maldini and Massara will watch him live in the flesh and the two directors have been monitoring him for a while. No concrete offers have yet been launched, but the numbers will encourage them: 14 appearances this season across Serie A and Coppa Italia, 1,234 minutes played plus four games with the national team, and the number one at Spezia for recovered balls (29), interceptions (19), tackles (15) and successful passes (505).
The report adds that those who know the 22-year-old Poland international know him as an ambitious and tough guy, one who stays at training an hour after everyone else. His idol is Sergio Ramos, and he already has experience with Anderlecht where he played in the Youth League,.
He went to Slovakia then and made 14 appearances with Podbrezova at 18, in the second division, then the jump came in 2019 when after a few games in the first division he moved to Zilina, one of the top teams in Slovakian. He played 13 matches in 2019-20, 30 the following year, and in August 2021 Kiwior became the sixth most expensive purchase in the history of Spezia at €2.5m.
He could have taken another big step too given that in the summer he said no to West Ham, while in January he visited Milan with his girlfriend Claudia posting a nice photo in front of the Duomo. Now, we need to see if his future could be red and black coloured, starting with a good ‘audition’ tomorrow.
