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title: "West Ham: Journalist reacts to Moise Kean links"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Chloe Chadwick"
section: "Follow up"
published: "2022-06-03T12:40:13Z"
modified: "2022-06-03T12:40:13Z"
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# West Ham: Journalist reacts to Moise Kean links

**According to [journalist](https://twitter.com/SportsPeteO?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Pete O’Rourke, [West Ham](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-news/) should forget about a move for Everton forward Moise Kean.**

### The Lowdown: Irons named as Kean suitor

The 22-year-old first put pen to paper on a [five-year](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49214067) deal with the Toffees from Juventus three years ago, but after limited game time at Goodison Park, re-joined the Serie A side on a [season-long](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12961/12394075/everton-transfer-news-moise-kean-rejoins-juventus-on-two-year-loan-with-24m-obligation-to-buy) loan last summer.

In a new report published by Italian source [ilBiancoNero](https://www.ilbianconero.com/a/juve-kean-verso-il-riscatto-ma-il-suo-futuro-sara-lontano-da-tor-56611), it’s claimed that the Allianz Stadium outfit plan to take up the option to buy the striker outright before selling him on for a higher fee to another team, with the Irons name-checked as a destination.

### The Latest: O’Rourke’s ‘interesting’ transfer claim

As a result of his previous struggles to come to terms with life in the top-flight, O’Rourke suggested that he thinks Kean might not be the right profile of player for David Moyes

He told [GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/88014912-west-ham-moyes-could-snub-34m-striker-at-london-stadium): *“That’s an interesting transfer link. Moise Kean has had his issues at Everton. He’s gone out on loan on a couple of occasions as well, at Juventus right now. I think West Ham really need to get the striker deal right.*

*“They’ve had quite a few transfer windows to try and bring in a striker which they haven’t done, and I’m just not sure that Moise Kean is probably a type of player that David Moyes would want right now because of the struggles at Everton – it’s a negative in that respect.”*

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### The Verdict: Not the right fit

It’s fair to say that the [12](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/moise-kean/nationalmannschaft/spieler/364135)-cap international’s time at Everton was pretty underwhelming, having only managed to score [two](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/moise-kean/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/364135) goals in his single full season on Merseyside.

Life in Italy seems to have treated the talented prospect a lot kinder though, where’s he’s hit the back of the net 14 times as well as providing three assists throughout his various spells with Juventus, as per [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/moise-kean/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/364135).

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As much as Moyes is desperate to bring a new striker to the London Stadium to provide some serious competition and backup for Michail Antonio, we agree with O’Rourke – bringing in a player with [reported attitude problems](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/moise-kean-everton-transfer-juventus-21538985) who has flopped in the top flight before seems like an accident waiting to happen.

[**In other news… a West Ham insider has shared a big six-word update on the future of Declan Rice.**](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-transfer-rumours/west-ham-transfer-rumours-claret-and-hugh-moyes-declan-rice-update-whufc-latest/)