Back in January, Przeglad Sportowy revealed that Crystal Palace were the side who were most 'determined' to sign Krzysztof Piątek from AC Milan.

It would've been a gamble to sign the former Genoa attacker, as he had notched only four goals in 18 Serie A appearances for the Italian giants in the first half of the campaign.

Eventually, the Poland international - who was also believed to be on Tottenham's radar - ended up moving to Bundesliga outfit Hertha Berlin in a deal worth £23.5m.

However, his form since then has proved that the Eagles were right not to take a gamble on the Pole.

In four Bundesliga outings for Hertha Berlin, Piątek has failed to score a single goal - that is despite taking an average of 2.3 shots per game.

The 24-year-old has also registered 3.5 unsuccessful touches per game for the German side, while also finding himself on the winning team in just one of his three league appearances.

The last of which saw Hertha Berlin suffer an embarrassing 5-0 defeat to FC Koln on their own turf.

In that loss, Piątek was handed a miserable 5.75 match rating by WhoScored after having zero shots, recording zero key passes and registering a woeful six unsuccessful touches.

Hertha Berlin took an expensive gamble on the player who had struggled for goals in the first half of the campaign, and they have not seen their faith in the striker rewarded as of yet due to his extremely poor performances.

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One side who will presumably be happy with what they're seeing right now though may be Crystal Palace, who will be thankful that they weren't the ones to sign the misfiring Piątek last month and watch him bumble through games for them - especially seeing as Roy Hodgson's side are the Premier League's joint-lowest scorers, so the pressure truly would've been on the Polish striker to deliver the goods.

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