As we edge closer to the end of the season, there is some growing concern in Italy about the amount of money Juventus will get from various loans with options to buy deal they negotiated in the summer.
Among those is the one struck with Leeds United for Weston McKennie, who is currently trying to help the Elland Road side remain in the Premier League under Javi Gracia.
Gazzetta dello Sport look at the player’s situation on Tuesday, and explain to their readers the American is ‘doing well’ with Leeds, which few will disagree with.
He has helped them turn their form around somewhat under their new manager (two wins and a draw in their last four games) despite being initially brought in by Jesse Marsch, but that doesn’t guarantee him a permanent stay in Yorkshire.
One of the key elements for him to stay would be for Leeds to avoid the drop, which is far from a done deal as they stand two points above 18th placed West Ham, who have a game in hand.
Gazzetta explain the deal is ‘an obligation to buy conditional on the achievement of certain team and individual goals’, but, in practice, ‘everything revolves around the eventual salvation’ of the Whites.
That’s because relegation would certainly put a brake on the club spending €33m or more on one player, and there’s no guarantee McKennie would want to stick around in the Championship either.
On Monday, we covered an article stating the player is currently trying to convince those in charge at Leeds to keep him, knowing full well that he doesn’t have a future in Turin, where Max Allegri doesn’t really count on him.
This came after a good national team performance from the 24-year-old, who scored two goals in USA’s 7-1 win over Grenada, which they believed won’t have gone unnoticed at Elland Road.
