Moise Kean makes Arsenal transfer decision

Carlo Garganese

Updated: 22 Apr 2025 07:41 BST
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Moise Kean, Italy, Fiorentina, 2024/25 — © IMAGO

Moise Kean is reluctant to leave Fiorentina this summer as he doesn't want to risk missing out on Italy's World Cup squad in 2026.

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A host of top Premier League clubs, including Arsenal and Newcastle, are interested in signing Kean after a brilliant season in Serie A.

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Moise Kean

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Fiorentina

Moise Kean

F (C)

Fiorentina

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€36.4M - €44.5M

Kean has scored 23 goals in all competitions and is the second top scorer in Serie A with 17 goals.

But Tuttomercatoweb reports that Kean does not want to risk leaving Fiorentina in a World Cup year.

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Kean to reject summer transfer?

Kean has broken into the Italy national team squad on the back of his Fiorentina performances.

In the last international break he scored two excellent goals in a 3-3 draw with Germany in Dortmund in the the UEFA Nations League.

Kean is almost certain to go to the World Cup next year if he continues this form but he has told friends that he fears if a transfer goes wrong he could lose his place.

Thus, Kean is more likely at this stage to stay one more season at Fiorentina.

Arsenal are tempted by the €52 million release clause of Kean in his Fiorentina contract, according to Tuttomercatoweb.

The same goes for Newcastle, while Barcelona are also fans of the player.

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.

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.

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 semi 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 21 times by Italy, scoring seven goals.