Ancelotti open to selling Kean if PSG step in with £45m bid
Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti has opened the door for Paris Stgermain to make a substantial bid for on-loan striker Moise Kean.
Ancelotti said he intended to keep Kean next season, but he also invited the French champions to back up any interest by negotiating for a permanent deal following his successful loan spell in France, where he recently scored his 16th goal of the campaign. Everton rate Kean at £45 million.
“I don’t have to convince him to stay, this is what the [loan] papers say. He is on loan and he has to come back,” said Ancelotti. “If Paris Stgermain wants him, they have to open discussions about him. We are open, but if nothing happens then he will be an Everton player next season and an important player.”
While Everton prepare to face Tottenham Hotspur tonight without their injured main goalscorer, Dominic Calvert-lewin, Kean is readying for a Champions League semi-final against Manchester City.
Ancelotti said the 21-year-old would get a fresh start on Merseyside,
which is why he had no immediate plans to buy another striker this summer.
“I think that the position [striker] … honestly, we didn’t have a look about the market for next season because, as I said, we are in the fight for European positions,” said Ancelotti. “But I can tell you that it will not be the position we are looking for. Because, up front, we are really well covered – we have Dominic Calvert-lewin, we have Richarlison, we have in this moment Joshua King, and we have Moise Kean com
ing back. We had problems this season – not for Dominic who scored a lot of goals – but the season of Richarlison. He was not so consistent because he had a lot of problems, the suspension, the concussion and he was out for some games. I hope he will reach his best condition in the last games but for there, next season, we are well covered.”
Everton’s hopes of achieving their target of European qualification face another critical test against Spurs. Ancelotti had set his side a target of six victories to end their season, but back-to-back draws with Crystal Palace and Brighton have made the task more difficult.
He can at least welcome back England No1 Jordan Pickford, and midfielder Allan is also set to return.
“It will be an important game because we lost points at Crystal Palace and Brighton, but I think we will be there [in contention] until the last game,” said Ancelotti.