JUVENTUS are reportedly interested in bringing Moise Kean back to Turin after a disappointing spell at Everton.
The Toffees paid £25million to sign the striker last year, but his first season in England did not go to plan.
Moise Kean scored in Everton’s midweek win over Salford in the Carabao CupCredit: Getty Images – Getty
According to Goal, the Serie A champions are chasing a loan deal for Kean, 20.
However, Everton are said to prefer an outright sale and will demand an obligation to buy if he leaves on loan.
Carlo Ancelotti has asserted that the Italian will be a first-team player for Everton this season.
After only scoring twice in 2019/20, Kean netted in his side’s beating of Salford in the week having come off the bench against Tottenham.
And Ancelotti believes the youngster will compete with Dominic Calvert-Lewin for his lone striker role.
The Everton boss, 61, told reporters: “I know that for a striker it’s important to score. Not for me, it’s important to have a good performance.
“I think he played a good game, he was involved in a lot of offensive situations, he scored the penalty. But I don’t know how he felt after the penalty.
“Honestly he had a good performance in my opinion, he could have scored before.
“But Moise Kean is a player that we count for the season, this is for sure. As central strikers we have Dominic who’s doing well, and we have him.”
Juventus are undergoing something of a squad revamp this summer, flogging aging stars Blaise Matuidi, Miralem Pjanic and Gonzalo Higuain.
Edin Dzeko is set to arrive from Roma in the coming days to provide a foil to Cristiano Ronaldo and Paulo Dybala.
Piedmont-born Kean joined the Old Lady at the age of ten and became the club’s youngest-ever debutant in November 2016.
Despite netting six consecutive goals for club and country in the spring of last year, he was allowed to leave for the Premier League.
The move was quickly criticised by Kean’s father, who felt he was too young to leave Italy.
Biorou Jean told Centro Suono Sport last year: “Sending my son to England was a mistake, because he’s still too young.
“He’s not feeling good at Everton, I didn’t like this transfer.
“I hope he can come back to Italy as soon as possible, I hope he goes to Rome, but the important thing is that he comes back here.”
Moise Kean shows he has great ball control as he trains with Everton squad
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
