Arsenal tempted by Premier League flop’s €52m release clause

Carlo Garganese

• Updated: 19 Mar 2025 10:32 GMT
• 3 min read

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Arsenal are tempted by the €52 million release clause of Fiorentina sensation Moise Kean, according to Tuttomercatoweb.

Kean is best known on English shores for a disastrous spell at Everton.

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

He is the second top scorer in Serie A this term with 15 goals, while he has 20 goals in 34 games in all competitions.

His form has led to interest from a host of top clubs, with Tuttomercatoweb reporting that Arsenal, Tottenham, Newcastle and West Ham are all interested.

Arsenal are said to be particularly tempted by Kean’s relatively low release clause of just €52m.

The 24-year-old fits the age profile for Arsenal, who are searching for a number nine this summer after a disappointing season in front of goal.

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Kean's performances have led Fiorentina to be suprise challengers for a top four place in Serie A this season. They are also in the quarter finals of the Conference League.

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.