In Barcelona, the urgency is palpable. Robert Lewandowski, 34, top scorer in Barça this season (19 goals in La Liga), has just been injured for several weeks, leaving the Catalan exsangue attack. The absence of the Polish, already weakened by age and saws of saw, forces the club to anticipate after. Deco, sports director, scans the market. And an unexpected name emerges: a former PSG, today in full rebirth in Serie A…
The surprise is called Moise Kean. The 25 -year -old Italian, sold by Juventu to La Fiorentina last summer, explodes this season with 23 goals in 39 games, all competitions. A return in grace for this player who had made a visit to PSG between 2020 and 2021: 17 goals in 41 matches, including a memorable against Barça in the Champions League (4-1 defeat at Camp Nou, 2021). An experience in Big 5 which reassures Deco, more seduced by its profile than that of Dusan Vlahovic, yet proposed by Juve.
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Kean's contract at La Fiorentina includes a release clause of € 50 million, an amount deemed realistic by the Blaugrana management. Compared to the astronomical sums claimed for other targets (Vlahovic, Osimhen, etc.), the Italian represents a calculated risk. Especially since his salary, much lower than that of Lewandowski (12M € net/year), would be part of a logic of financial rigor.
50M €, an “accessible” price for Barça?
In the short term, Kean would be a luxury joker to relieve Lewandowski. But in the medium term, it could embody the future. His age, his bulldozer physique and his scorer instinct make him a credible candidate, despite a perfectible “passing game”. It remains to be seen whether Barça, accustomed to the established stars, dares to bet on a player with a chaotic course.
His visit to Paris, although in short, proved that he could shine under pressure. But his lack of regularity questions. Deco will have to decide: Is Kean the natural heir to Lewa … or yet another hazardous bet?
Between sporting emergency and financial prudence, Barça walks on a thread. Kean embodies a bold compromise, but the ghost of his past wandering. Summer will say if the Italian will be the solution … or a new problem.
