Villas-Boas in direct talks for young Polish striker Oskar Pietuszewski | OneFootball

Mateusz Borek, Polish journalist from the YouTube channel ‘Kanał Sportowy‘, revealed late Monday morning several details about the immediate future of Oskar Pietuszewski, a young prospect from Jagiellonia Bialystok who has attracted the interest of FC Porto, after contacting his agent, Mariusz Piekarski.

“I know there was a very specific offer from Cologne, but I assume they can’t afford a transfer like this. I’ll be very specific, and I hope Mariusz doesn’t mind. Mariusz Piekarski has been personally leading this matter with [André] Villas-Boas for quite some time now,” he began by saying.

“He has direct contact with the president, without any Portuguese intermediaries. They are very interested in him. He also told me that Real Betis and Atlético de Madrid are pushing hard. I would take a risk, at a big club, one that plays attacking football. Right now, FC Porto is well positioned,” he added.

“This is just a glimpse of a brilliant player, a diamond”

Born in Bialystok, Poland, Oskar Pietuszewski completed his entire youth development at Jagiellonia Bialystok and made his debut for the first team on August 29, 2024, at just 16 years old, in a heavy defeat in Amsterdam against Ajax, 3-0, in the Europa League playoff round.

Since then, the forward – capable of playing in several positions in the attacking sector – has taken part in 54 official matches, in which he scored four goals and provided two assists. Mateusz Borek emphasized, however, that the player still has great room for improvement.

“If I were this Pietuszewski, with these numbers, with these games in the Europa Conference League, with these performances, and I was only 19 or 20 years old, I suspect that some of these very big clubs would have already stopped and taken notice of me,” he stressed, referring to the rising young star.

“This is just a glimpse of a brilliant player, a diamond. We’re talking about someone who is 17 years old and already makes a difference, who stands out in the Ekstraklasa [the top tier of Polish football], and who has also been making a name for himself in European competitions,” he continued.

“He was one of the key players for the U21 national team, when he was playing with players four years older than him. There is already a lot of speculation about whether he should already be playing for the senior national team,” he concluded.

How much should FC Porto pay for Oskar Pietuszewski?

According to the latest reports from the national sports press, Oskar Pietuszewski has already accepted FC Porto’s offer in terms of the sporting project presented, and now it is up to the board led by André Villas-Boas to negotiate the terms of the agreement with Jagiellonia Bialystok.

The current leaders of the Primeira Liga have reportedly shown willingness to go up to 11 million euros for the young prospect’s transfer, a figure that would make this the biggest transfer in the Polish club’s history, surpassing the four million euros paid by Celtic for Patryk Klimala in January 2020.

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