The last time Everton splashed out on a teenager from Juventus, what initially seemed like a transfer coup failed to come off but might the Blues have better luck with Samuel Iling-Junior?
Back in 2019, Everton paid £25.1million for Moise Kean with director of football Marcel Brands telling the youngster’s mother Isabelle: “We will take care of your son.” Unfortunately for the Blues, the Italy international striker proved to be an expensive flop as he struggled to adapt to life in England both on and off the pitch.
Kean just twice in 32 Premier League matches and Everton released a statement to express they were “appalled” by his “unacceptable actions” after he posted a video of party he hosted in his Cheshire apartment during the height of lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. After being farmed out to Paris Saint-Germain for the following campaign, he subsequently went back to Juve on a two-season loan with his return being made permanent in March this year.
