Raolia been back in Italy Friday discussing a move with Juve.
Apparently loan with obligation to buy at the same price we paid for him.
At this stage I would be all over that - move hasn't worked out for either party and will give us the dough to reinvest in another forward with us posting a profit on the books overall.
The rumour was Juve had asked Raiola if they could take him on loan for a season.
Weve countered that it would need to be a loan with an obligation to buy or a straight sale.
Unless youve seen anything else this rumour hasnt got any legs.
If we got £27m I’d snap your hand off.
In a world where we’re getting a net of £0 off Sandro, Bolasie, Sigurdsson and Walcott when they all eventually leave, £27m plumps up the finances in a years time, when we’re unearthing our New Allan and Rodriguez.
But there’s no way Juventus are that soft to pay £27m. I don’t dislike Kean, but £27m would be stupid money to refuse.
We paid £5-7mil up front with a total agreement at £22mil + £5mil in clauses.
Juventus tried everything to keep him a year ago and he refused so they had to sell him with only a year left.
Youre saying £27mil would be "stupid to refuse" and "No way Juventus are that soft to pay £27mil".
No matter what you think of the player, the fact is that Juventus are one of the biggest clubs in the world who want to bring back a 20 year old Italian international loved by the club and supporters alike.
The fact is that at £27mil (incl clauses) was the fee when he had 1 year on his contract. The fact is that we have him on a £50k a week deal and dont need to sell.
If Juventus want him and Ancelotti/Brands are open to it then we should be demanding either a swap deal (get a player + fudge FFP) or £40mil+
£30mil or less would be absolutely insanely bad business at the same level of daftness as signing Iwobi and Delph.
Would swap him for Josh King or Edouard without a hesitation. Dont think he wants to be here and he hasn't shown anything to put our hopes in him tbh.
We dont know if he wants to be at the club? Him training hard before the season started seemed to show he wanted to prove himself...who knows.
DCL has gone up levels since Kean has arrived which means he's barely had a sniff, Pretty tough but that's the way the game goes sadly.
I really want him to succeed and the talent is clear to see but it's getting tough to see how this works out for both parties.
Unless Ancelotti has spoken with Kean and told him hes going to mould him into a target man then ive no clue why hes been played there...likewise strange to play him on the right against WBA when he could have slotted in upfront.
The fact Josh King hasnt moved on yet and there are rumours about him being available on the cheap I wouldnt be suprised to see Kean go on loan and King come in towards the windows end.
King would be someone happy to be on the bench if needed, can fill in all 3 positions up top and is a 1 in 4 goalscorer and alot more reliable off the bench than Kean has been in getting a goal.
No inside info there just a feeling - feels like King is holding out for a specific move as someone would have snapped him up by now such as a Fulham or a WHU at £10-15 million.
Of all the players in world football you are posting about Josh King mate?
Bewildering.
You’re plucking the King rumour from no where though. It’s just a wish and speculation.
I do believe the club would ship Kean if the price was right, the same with any player.
But I think if someone becomes available where Carlo thinks there could be an improvement (Wing, Defence) well take it.
I just don’t think he’ll be going for a forward.
Richarlison and DCL have barely missed any games in the last couple of years really, have they? Well, through injury.
Lets not jinx them lol
If you can recover the money we paid I’d be all over that - he could turn into a player but I’ve not seen anything bar a half decent showing against Newcastle last season to suggest he’s worth keeping particularly in a squad which has other areas to address.
So we sell him to focus on "other areas to address" and then also need another centre forward to replace him.
How does that work?
