Arsenal and Tottenham go head to head for €52m Serie A sensation

Carlo Garganese

• Updated: 9 Feb 2025 10:27 GMT
• 4 min read

Arsenal and Tottenham are considering moving for Fiorentina striker Moise Kean this summer, according to Nicolo Schira.

Kean has exploded this season in Serie A since joining Fiorentina last summer from Juventus for a fee of €13 million plus €5m in bonuses.

He has scored 15 goals in 22 games in Serie A - making him the second-highest scorer in the division behind only Atalanta striker Mateo Retegui.

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On Thursday, Kean hit the headlines with a brilliant double as Fiorentina stunned Serie A champions 3-0 in Florence.

Kean's performances have led Fiorentina to be suprise challengers for a top four place in Serie A this season.

But they have also led to admiring glances from Europe's top clubs.

Schira reports that both Arsenal and Tottenham are monitoring Kean ahead of a potential summer move for the player.

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Kean has a release clause in his Fiorentina contract of just €52m, which is more than affordable for both clubs.

The 24-year-old fits the age profile for both clubs, with Arsenal searching for a number nine this summer and Tottenham planning something of a revolution after a miserable season.

Moise Kean's career

Kean burst onto the scene as one of Italy's most exciting teenagers, debuting as a 16-year-old and becoming the first player born in the 2000s to play in Serie A and the Champions League.

After a loan spell at Verona, he played his part in Juventus winning the 2018-19 Scudetto - scoring six goals in 13 games that season.

He left Juve for Everton in the summer of 2019 for €27.5m, plus €2.5 million in add-ons.

His goalscoring return was poor in his first season as he scored just two in 33 appearances.

That led to a surprise loan move to Paris Saint-Germain for the 2020/21 season, and he impressed in the French capital, scoring 13 goals in 26 games in Ligue 1, regularly keeping big money signing Mauro Icardi out of the side.

Kean was linked with a permanent move to PSG, but any talk of that evaporated after they secured the free transfer signing of Lionel Messi.

He returned to Juventus in the summer of 2021 in another big money deal worth an eventual €39m but proved a massive disappointment.

He scored just 14 goals in 102 games in his second spell, including going the entirety of last season without scoring a goal.

This led to Juventus offloading him again last summer - and he has finally exploded in Florence.

Kean has been capped 19 times by Italy, scoring five goals.