Moise Kean is already a huge regret for Juventus, but he is about to become even more of one: wait until he breaks this record…
Kean rimpianto per la Juve: sta per battere un record che sarà il colpo di grazia (foto: Ansa) – serieanews.com
It happens often in soccer: a club sells a player considered to be one too many, collects a few million and gets rid of an encumbrance. Then what? Then that player explodes elsewhere and the management eats its hands. Moise Kean is the latest perfect example of this dynamic.
At Juventus, between a loan, a return and a few sporadic flashes, he never really managed to impose himself. Twenty-two goals in 123 appearances are not the numbers of a thoroughbred bomber; on the contrary, they seemed to confirm that the transfer was the right choice.
Kean’s story is the classic parable of a talent who needed the right place to express himself. In Paris, with PSG, he had already proven his qualities, scoring something like 17 goals, at only 20 years old. But once he returned to Juve, something had died down. Perhaps pressure, perhaps mismanagement, perhaps a context that did not enhance him. In Florence, however, everything seems to be turning in the right direction, and the purple public is enjoying a bomber reborn.
And so, last summer, the Bianconeri management accepted Fiorentina’s offer without much regret: 13 million euros plus 5 million in bonuses and a farewell without much remorse. For many, a bargain. But soccer, you know, is made of sliding doors, and what seemed like a liberating farewell for Juventus is turning into a huge regret.
Moise Kean e il doppio smacco alla Juve: per Thiago Motta sarebbe un disastro
As soon as he landed in Florence, Kean changed his skin. No longer a striker with an uncertain career, but a hungry center forward determined to take the stage, in the stupendous machine put together by Raffaele Palladino, albeit with some difficulties in the way.
And the numbers speak for themselves: with the one-two finish against the leader Inter, Moise has reached 19 goals on the season, in not even seven months in the league. A devastating impact, which embarrasses his former fans even in the merciless comparison with Dusan Vlahovic, to whom he has always had to give way.
Moise Kean e il doppio smacco alla Juve: per Thiago Motta sarebbe un disastro (AnsaFoto) – serieanews.com
The first statistic to be pitted is surely the statistical one: in just a few months, Kean is about to surpass the total number of goals scored in a Juventus jersey in seven years, albeit admittedly with a few disposals in between. Moise is 3 goals away from reaching 22 in all competitions, which would be exactly the total goals scored in a Juventus jersey. If that’s not an insult, it’s a close call.
But the real heartbreak for Juventus may not just be statistical. In addition to the mockery of the newfound goals, there is a matter of ranking. Fiorentina, in fact, is right in the fight with Thiago Motta’s team for fourth place, the last valid for the Champions League, and has just completed a top-notch, big-team repair market.
At the moment, the Viola are ahead by two points, and if they maintain their lead at the end of the season, Juventus would find themselves out of the Europe that matters. And who could be the dragging force behind this overtaking? Kean himself, the striker who looked like dead weight in Turin.
For Juventus fans, the thought is inevitable: what if we got it all wrong? Juventus let Kean go for a few million, underestimating his potential. Now it sees him scoring with impressive regularity and, worse, risks paying the price with exclusion from the Champions League. Strange life, isn’t it?
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