Weston McKennie joins Leeds United© Twitter
Leeds signed United States midfielder Weston McKennie on mortgage from Juventus till the top of the season on Monday. McKennie moved to the Premier League membership for a reported 163;1 million kilos ($1.2 million) mortgage payment. The signing is topic to a piece allow. The 24-year-old has made 41 appearances for the USA and began all 4 of their World Cup matches in Qatar final yr.
McKennie is the third USA worldwide to staff up with Leeds’ American boss Jesse Marsch after Tyler Adams and Brenden Aaronson joined the membership within the close-season.
McKennie started his profession at Schalke, making 91 appearances earlier than changing into the primary American to signal for Juventus, initially on mortgage, in 2020.
He has made 96 appearances in all competitions for Turin membership, scoring 13 objectives.
McKennie is Leeds’ third January transfer-window signing after the arrivals of Georginio Rutter from Hoffenheim and Max Wober from RB Salzburg.
McKennie may make his Leeds debut at Nottingham Forest this weekend.
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