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Moise Kean, an Italy striker who just turned 22 on Monday, has had his fair share of controversy in his short career.
Kean, who is still technically an Everton player, rejoined Juventus on a two-year loan contract last summer. The contract includes a buy-back clause, making it extremely improbable that the player will ever return to Goodison Park.
Not many people from Merseyside's blue half are likely to cry over this circumstance.
He was dismissed from a matchday team to play Southampton for 'disciplinary reasons' just months after signing a contract with Everton in August 2019. He was fined for a two-week lockdown party that violated COVID-19 requirements less than six months later.
Kean's performance while he was available for selection, on the other hand, was underwhelming to say the least. He was never going to win over the locals with four goals in 39 outings.
It was the latest setback in a tumultuous professional career in which Kean has battled to find long-term stability. That wasn't always the case, though.
SALERNO, ITALY – NOVEMBER 30: Juventus' Moise Kean during the Serie A match between US Salernitana and Juventus at Stadio Arechi in Salerno, Italy on November 30, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images/Francesco Pecoraro) )
Kean was considered an exciting young talent when he got his big break with Juve as a youth player in 2010. He learned his trade playing for both Asti and Torino.
Kean's financial security was previously unknown to him and his family until he signed a full professional contract in 2016. Despite his reputation as a difficult person to deal with, the young star was eager to watch after his mother after joining one of Italy's top clubs.
Moise's mother, Isabelle Kean, told TuttoSport in 2019 the touching story of how she learned that her son had signed with Juve, thus transforming her life forever in an instant.
"We didn't have a lot of money." "Then Moise calls me at 5:30 a.m. on my way to work and says, 'Mom, I've got a surprise,'" she remembered.
"'No, don't tell me,' I told him. 'You didn't join Juve.'
"I did, and starting today you will quit your work and live with me in Turin," he said.
Moise, who was only 16 at the time, made a generous gesture to a parent who was struggling to make ends meet.
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Moise is referred to as 'Moses' at Isabella's home since she considers him a blessing.
"It was a miracle that he was born.
"When the doctors told me I wouldn't be able to have any more children, I cried and prayed." Giovanni [Moise's older brother] also requested a younger sibling.
"I had a dream about Moses one night." He came to assist me, and I became pregnant again after four months."
Italy's youngest-ever goalscorer may not yet have fully realized his potential – five goals in 21 appearances this season isn't particularly impressive – but he still has plenty of time to make an impression on the international scene. However, no matter how large of a splash he makes on the pitch, it will pale in comparison to the way he changed his family's lives when he joined Juve.
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