Grading every Juventus offseason move
By John Vaccaro
Selling Moise Kean: F
I get it, Juve took on a ton of financial burden this summer when they brought in de Ligt, Rabiot, and Ramsey and Juventus wasn’t able to get rid of Gonzalo Higuain, Mario Mandzukic, or Paulo Dybala to make room for Moise Kean in the attack, but they still handled this horribly. First of all, keeping Kean should have been the priority.
He showed last year just how dangerous he can be up front and he’s versatile enough to fit into a Maurizio Sarri attack. He also isn’t anywhere close to a finished product and has shown the potential to be an absolute star up front.
My biggest issue though, is with the fact that Juventus didn’t put a buyback clause into this deal. I know that they have the right to match offers for him going forward, but if he turns into the player that the fans think he can be then his return is going to be expensive.
The main priority in any Kean transfer should have been a buyback clause. It was honestly more important to me than how much his fee was actually going to be.
If Juve was this desperate for funds then they should have forced out Higuain or loaned Dybala to give Tottenham time to figure to the issues with his image rights. Either would have been preferable to letting Kean leave.
When you have a player like Moise Kean you should do everything you can to make sure he’ll be a part of your team’s future. Juventus didn’t do that and for that reason, this move was an absolute failure.