New talented player : Ariel Borysiuk

Ariel Borysiuk - The Polish midfielder on Udinese wishlist

Club: Legia Warsaw
Nationality: Poland
Age: 20
Height: 1.78 m / 5.84 ft
Weight: 70 kg / 154 lbs
Position: Defensive midfielder





Background and History

Borysiuk had begun his career at TOP 54 Biala Podlaska youth system marked as being a phenomenal young talent, before signing with Legia until the summer of 2013.

At Legia he gradually became a key member of the team's rotational line-up, mostly starting in the opening eleven, but he may also sometimes come off the bench.


Strengths
The 1.78m-tall is an excellent defensive midfielder, described as a box-to-box midfielder, who holds a great ability to direct long passes down the field or out wide, providing amazing assists from long range.

Borysiuk strongest assent is his great vision of the field and high technical abilities, also possessing great speed and excellent stamina. Borysiuk can also be used as a central midfielder.

Weaknesses

As for most 19-year-old's, experience is a key factor in order to make a successful transition to higher league, but with Borysiuk holding 73 senior appearances in the Polish Ekstraklasa- he has a good starting point. Although, he has never proved himself as a regular player on a team throughout a whole season.

Additionally, Borysiuk can also work on his heading and physical abilities, in order to stand his ground at the defensive end against stronger opponents.

Mentality

Borysiuk is fairly mature for his age, having a great perspective on his abilities and is a hard worker. Only time will tell if his self-awareness will bring him the confidence he needs in order to break through at European level.

Current Situation

Udinese Calcio have been monitoring Borysiuk's development for some time now, scouting him at both domestic and international level, mostly while playing for the Under-21's.

Recently an official statement was made by the Italian side that they are interested in signing Borysiuk this summer, while Legia have made it clear that their asking price would be no less than two million euros.

It is currently predicted that Borysiuk's transfer is almost certain to take place in the coming week, but it also depends on the finalization of Alexis Sanchez's transfer, much like other transfers which Udinese have lined-up, but are awaiting the final verdict on Sanchez before moving on to other payers.

Udinese are desperate to sign a solid central midfielder after the departure of Gokhan Inler to Napoli and will probably also sign another striker to replace Sanchez.

Should Borysiuk complete his transfer, he will join a long list of young talents which have been exported out of Poland: with names such as Mateusz Klich (Wolfsburg), Adrian Mierzejewski (Trabzonspor), Bartosz Salamon (Brescia), Artur Sobiech (Hannover 96), Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund) and the list goes on.