McKennie Signs for Juventus

[UConNick]

Welcome Weston! - Juventus

Weston McKennie is officially a new Juventus player. The 22-year old midfielder enjoys a belated birthday present with a move to the Bianconeri....

www.juventus.com

Mind-boggling to see an American at one of the 7-10 biggest clubs in the world. Still in awe even though it's now official. Initial amount was 4.5 million EUR for the loan and then 18.5 million obligation to buy in a year is activated if (when) Juve qualify for the UCL. Deal could be worth up to 35 million EUR in total.

And while he may not be a starter, he's going to get minutes in the midfield. I've read a lot on Reddit and BigSoccer about how Pirlo sees him as a Vidal-type and wants to build a squad similar to when he himself was on those dominant Juve teams later in his career. Bentancur, Rabiot, and Arthur will be in front of him initially, but then it's just injury-prone Ramsey (who may also be on his way out behind Pjanic) and some younger players competing with him for rotational minutes.

 

[Waquoit]

It's one thing to root for Chelsea, now I have to follow Juve too?

 

[LIuconn]

Pirlo sees him as a Vidal-type

I can see that a bit, too. Weston needs to tidy up his touch and passing, but he's still young. Need him to get quality minutes and not waste away on the bench.

Either way, we have an impressive stable of central midfield talent ready to back-up MB90 in next year's WC qualifiers

 

[Waquoit]

Either way, we have an impressive stable of central midfield talent ready to back-up MB90 in next year's WC qualifiers

Yeesh

 

[Palatine]

Congrats. Wishing him better luck with his health. The most important ability is availability.

 

[Samoo]

Welcome Weston! - Juventus

Weston McKennie is officially a new Juventus player. The 22-year old midfielder enjoys a belated birthday present with a move to the Bianconeri....

www.juventus.com

Mind-boggling to see an American at one of the 7-10 biggest clubs in the world. Still in awe even though it's now official. Initial amount was 4.5 million EUR for the loan and then 18.5 million obligation to buy in a year is activated if (when) Juve qualify for the UCL. Deal could be worth up to 35 million EUR in total.

And while he may not be a starter, he's going to get minutes in the midfield. I've read a lot on Reddit and BigSoccer about how Pirlo sees him as a Vidal-type and wants to build a squad similar to when he himself was on those dominant Juve teams later in his career. Bentancur, Rabiot, and Arthur will be in front of him initially, but then it's just injury-prone Ramsey (who may also be on his way out behind Pjanic) and some younger players competing with him for rotational minutes.

My son has a Pjanic BiH national team kit.

 

[FatHank]

Didn't Weston just get covid?

 

[LIuconn]

Weston's been one of Juve's most reliable players

 

[Waquoit]

Nice goal today to put away the game versus top of table Milan.

 

[LIuconn]

And he wins a trophy with Juve today. I didn't watch the game and his player rating wasn't the best, but who could have saw this run 12 months ago?

We have our destroyer who can make late runs into the box and finish. If we can get a decent #10 our midfield will be so solid

 

[meyers7]

Juventus make it permanent.

Juve sign McKennie from Schalke permanently

Juventus have confirmed the signing of United States midfielder Weston McKennie on a permanent deal.

www.espn.com