Schalke: 3 reasons you can't do better than Arkadiusz Milik

[caption id="attachment_1364" align="alignnone" width="1600"] FC Schalke, Arkadiusz Milik (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)[/caption]rn Out of the blue, Schalke have a tangible link to a perfect striker solution—Arkadiusz Milik. Here are three reasons he is the perfect solution. rnFC Schalke needs help in the attack and they need it badly. More than anywhere else, they have to sort out the striker situation. They have tried so many things this year and nothing has worked. Other than Benito Raman who is, unfortunately, just one man.rnrnBetween Guido Burgstaller , Mark Uth , Rabbi Matondo , Ahmed Kutucu (kind of), and Michael Gregoritsch , Die Knappen have found zero cohesiveness and reliability in the attack. It's not been good and it has to take top priority this coming transfer window.rnrnThis problem is an easy one to solve simply because it is so clear and distinct, but they still have to make the necessary steps forward to make the right addition, not sticking with Gregoritsch or trying out Burgstaller again.rnrn[story_link_related select_cta="related_story" description="4%20Dream%20Forwards%20For%20Schalke" url="https://releasetheknappen.com/2020/04/10/schalke-4-dream-forward-targets-royal-blues/" /]rnrnEnter Arkadiusz Milik . A striker who I have only ever dreamt would be at Schalke. But as it stands, he is the pinnacle of transfer success. And here are three reasons why.rn 3. He's not an experiment rnMichael Gregoritsch—Experiment. Rabbi Matondo—Experiment. I would even call Ahmed Kutucu an experiment since he hasn't been properly vetted yet. The only non-experiments are Burgstaller and Uth and that's cause they're basically just outright failures at this point.rnrnArkadiusz Milik is not an experiment. He's not another attempt to strike gold. He is a tried and true, proven striker who has been scoring goals on a professional level for years now. Internationally, he's even more of a stalwart. He's Poland's future at striker and even though he never became the next Robert Lewandowski , he has established himself as a respected international striker.rnrnIf Schalke are able to get Milik, they know exactly what they are getting. They don't have to wonder if he will score goals. They don't have to stress about how he will fit into the current attacking structure. He will be the attacking structure and the whole club will be better off because of it.rnrnPiggybacking at No. 2.rnrn[nextslide teaser="2.%20Crucial" /]rnrn rnrn[caption id="attachment_1363" align="alignnone" width="1600"] (Photo by Harry Langer/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)[/caption]rn 2. He's at the right level rnSchalke have a tendency to buy down. By that, I mean that they don't often sign players at the competitive level that they need to be at. They look for prospects or under-the-radar signings to try to scrape a competitive team together, all while preserving their funds. Part of the problem being that so many players leave for free.rnrn[recentposts thiscategory="no" /]rnrnMilik is not a stretch. He is not someone they are reaching down to try to pull up to their level. He's been through the Champions and Europa League at Napoli, he's been in the running for Serie A titles.rnrnBasically, he's at the level that Schalke need to be at, not vice versa. This is a classic big boy signing, the kind of signing you need to make if you want to move up in the standings of things and stop meddling with midtable.rnrnYou don't always have to make clever signings. This is just a roundhouse kick of a signing. The kind that you know will be a success because he's proven.rnrnFinally, No. 1.rnrn[nextslide teaser="1.%20Dounling%20up" /]rnrn rnrn[caption id="attachment_1187" align="alignnone" width="3200"] (Photo by Max Maiwald/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)[/caption]rn 1. He's the perfect compliment to Raman and... everyone else rnThis has been the key, right? That's why we brought in Michael Gregoritsch. We thought he was going to be the solution that we've long sought after. But that hasn't been the case at all. Gregoritsch is not a hold-up striker, he's not really a specific striker at all. Just kind of an opportunistic fox in the box.rnrnWith Raman being a speedy, off the ball wizard, he needs a target man, someone who can hold up play, link together the attack and hold down a presence in the opposing goal box. That is the very definition of Arkadiusz Milik. He is a physical striker, an aerial threat, the kind of guy that plays with his back to the goal and that is exactly what this attack needs.rnrnIt's also what Amine Harit needs. With so much responsibility falling on Harit, the Moroccan international needs someone he can fire balls too from wherever he happens to be on the pitch. That's what he does, that's what he looks for, and there just isn't the potential for that these days.rnrn[story_link_next description="5%20Replacements%20For%20Jonjoe%20Kenny" url="https://releasetheknappen.com/2020/04/07/schalke-5-replace-jonjoe-kenny/" /]rnrnMilik completes this attack. He is the pinnacle of transfer success, he's exactly what he need, and now I've gone and gotten my hopes up. Damn.

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