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– Italy striker Moise Kean has rejoined Juventus from Everton on a permanent deal for 28m euros (£25m).
Moise Kean, no longer Everton player as Juventus have already triggered the buy option clause for €28m. ⚪️⚫️🤝🏻 #EFC
Full agreement was already in place last year, Kean can be considered 100% Juve player as @romeoagresti reports. pic.twitter.com/AdCSWw32jc
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) March 7, 2023
– The 23-year-old has been on loan at the Serie A club for the last two seasons and Juventus have followed through on their obligation to buy the forward.
– The fee, which includes £2.5m in bonuses, was agreed in August 2021.
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– Kean, who has won 12 Italy caps, joined the Toffees for an initial £25m in 2019 but managed only four goals in 39 games in all competitions.
– He also spent a season on loan at Paris St-Germain, where he scored 17 goals in 41 games and won the French Cup.
– Kean has scored 13 goals in 74 matches for Juventus and has won two league titles and the Coppa Italia.
– On Sunday he was sent off 40 seconds after coming on as a substitute in the 1-0 defeat at Roma.
– Kean initially joined Juventus as a 10-year-old and made his first-team debut aged just 16 in 2016.
– Juventus are eighth in Serie A after being deducted 15 points in January following an investigation into the club’s past transfer dealings.
– The deal is Everton’s second significant sale of the year after forward Anthony Gordon joined Newcastle for £45m in January.
