Giorgos Giakoumakis would have learned a thing or two from Ange Postecoglou's style at Celtic.
And that is evident in the early days of his career at Atlanta United according to head coach Gonzalo Pineda despite there being a spanner in the works with the Greek's move. Giakoumakis sealed his exit from Celtic earlier this month after contract talks in Glasgow had stalled and the hitman eventually finalised his move to the MLS after the deadline day had passed in Scotland.
The 28-year-old brought down the curtain on nearly two years in Glasgow that saw many big moments in European and domestic action with 26 goals to his name in green and white despite often being understudy to Kyogo Furuhashi. But Pineda believes that - despite red tape holding up his work visa meaning he won't play until later this month - he has already shown 'passion' that mimics that of his role under Angeball.
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He told the Atlanta Journal: “You can see immediately that he’s a guy that is passionate about scoring goals.
"And what I like about him is he’s always on the move, looking for gaps. And once he’s inside the 18, he has those double movements that I really like. So, he’s always pressuring, he goes to the near post, he goes to the far post, he’s going to the near post, he drops in and stays compact.
“And then another one is probably a different look, but he’s a big, big target guy. So he can give us a couple more variances in our attacking shape.
"And maybe at times, when teams try to pin us back and put pressure on us, maybe we can play the ball to him, he shields the ball, waits for the supporting runs, and then we start progression from there. So he can give us a little bit of that as well."
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