{"id":1093507,"date":"2019-06-12T18:21:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T17:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1093507"},"modified":"2019-06-12T18:23:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T17:23:02","slug":"moise-kean-juventus-future-drogba-balotelli-idols","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/moise-kean-juventus-future-drogba-balotelli-idols\/","title":{"rendered":"Juventus rising star Moise Kean reveals his three football idols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Juventus forward Moise Kean has named former Premier League stars Didier Drogba and Mario Balotelli among his three football idols.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Italian enjoyed a good end to the 2018\/19 season with Juventus, scoring seven goals in 17 games, including six starts.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who are Moise Kean&#8217;s idols? Five key things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Moise Kean joined Juventus as an 11-year-old from fellow Serie A club Torino.<\/li>\n<li>The Italian teenager would go on to make his first-team debut in 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Kean enjoyed a run of games towards the end of the 2018\/19 season, scoring seven goals in 17 games.<\/li>\n<li>The teenager was playing alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Mario Mandzukic.<\/li>\n<li>But Kean admits his football idols are former Premier League stars Didier Drogba and Mario Balotelli.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7284737-it-s-time-to-talk-about-a-potential-bernard-or-silva\/embed\/v4?eid=AQAAAGB1_lwBKG8A\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Breaking into the first team, Kean has been able to play with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Mario Mandzukic and Paulo Dybala, and has been tipped for a successful career.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the stature of his team-mates, Kean admits he is yet to ask for tips &#8211; instead preferring to observe, as he has with inspirations Ronaldo, Drogba and Balotelli.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we train, I try to observe all the things he [Ronaldo] does, from his attitude on the pitch to his desire to play, to train and to always be ready,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccerbible.com\/interviews\/2019\/06\/moise-kean-for-soccerbible-magazine-issue-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoccerBible magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Training with great champions has benefits that you can&#8217;t underestimate. I&#8217;m not the type to (ask for advice), but I quietly observe and then I try to apply what I learned on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Didier Drogba was certainly an inspiration (growing up). I liked him a lot, he was one of my idols. I looked at how he moved and how he scored repeatedly. He was awesome.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I was younger I liked Mario Balotelli, especially during his time at Inter. Mario, too, has been an inspiration for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Would You Rather Matthijs de Ligt or Frenkie de Jong? 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You learn lots of things without noticing. Technically I improved, but my ambition is to improve every day more and more. I\u2019m aware of the fact that I wear a shirt that carries responsibilities, but it&#8217;s not a burden. I&#8217;m focused on my journey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure that at the moment there aren&#8217;t any other teams that can help me improve in the way Juventus can. I was born here, and I have almost always worn the black-and-white shirt. Obviously, I don&#8217;t know what the future holds, but what is sure is that I will always give my all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that the biggest ambition is well-known: winning the Champions League. 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