Barcelona rival Premier League clubs for €52m striker

Moise Kean's prolific form for Fiorentina this season has reportedly attracted a gaggle of interested suitors, including La Liga giants Barcelona.

The Italy international has scaled plenty of peaks and tumbled down his fair share of troughs during an eventful career that has taken in spells at Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain. Yet, after decidedly mixed results among the continental elite, Kean is thriving for an exciting Fiorentina side.

There's still two months of the campaign left to play but Kean already boasts the highest goal haul of his career and is very much in the race to be crowned Serie A's top scorer.

This burst of form has prompted plenty of admiring glances, with Barcelona tipped to be eyeing up the 25-year-old according to Gazzetta dello Sport. The Italian outlet also credits several unnamed Premier League clubs with an interest in Kean.

Fiorentina owner Rocco B. Commisso insisted that the club were desperate to keep their top scorer in Florence, but delivered no guarantees.

"I want him to stay here, he's very important to us," the Italian-American tycoon recently told SkySport24. "If someone makes an offer then we'll evaluate, but I'll try to keep him at Fiorentina."

Commisso could be taken out of the equation entirely thanks to the buyout clause Kean's representatives insisted on including in his contract. The rejuvenated striker will be available for €52m (£44.2m) between 1 and 15 July this summer.

That sum makes Kean considerably cheaper than most of the elite strikers expected to be involved in this year's transfer merry-go-round. Sporting CP superstar Viktor Gyokeres could be available for around €70m (£58.5m), RB Leipzig's young star Benjamin Sesko is thought to have a release clause worth €80m (£66m) and Newcastle United want a record-breaking €176m (£150m) for Alexander Isak.

Kean has already tested himself in the Premier League and come up short. After emerging as a promising talent at Juventus, Everton bought him for £27.5m when he was still a teenager. Kean never settled on Merseyside, scoring just four goals and once getting hooked 18 minutes after he was brought off the bench.

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