Wolverhampton Wanderers tried to include a buy-back clause in Patrick Cutrone’s contract while farming the striker out to Serie A outfit Fiorentina, agent Giovanni Branchini has told Radio Bruno, translated by Football Italia.
Cast your mind back to summer 2019.
At the time, two of the most exciting young forwards in Europe were gearing up for a move to the Premier League – much to the dismay of many AC Milan and Juventus supporters.
But few would have expected Moise Kean and Patrick Cutrone to flop so spectacularly on English soil.
The former fell out of favour at Everton before joining PSG on deadline day, while the latter scored only two Premier League goals in Old Gold before returning to Italy to repair his damaged reputation.
Fiorentina signed Cutrone on loan in January and will be forced to make the deal permanent for about £16 million once the Italy international makes his 26th start under Beppe Iachini.
“We worked hard to bring Patrick to Florence and he is happy to be here,” his agent explains, while adding Wolves wanted to include a buy-back clause in his contract.
“It was a long and complicated negotiation because Wolverhampton wanted the option to buy him back.
“In order for the obligation-to-buy (clause) to activate, he has to play 26 games from the start. So far, he’s had 11.”
The chances of Cutrone returning to Molineux look slim at present, particularly after Wolves paid a club-record fee to bring in Fabio Silva from Porto.
So far, Cutrone has scored only four times in 22 games in Fiorentina colours.
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