ROME – Juventus confirmed on Wednesday that it has exercised the option to definitively buy the American midfielder Weston McKennie, incorporated as a loan on the market last summer, for which he will pay 22.29 million dollars to the German Schalke 04.
The agreement also provides for the payment of another $ 7.8 million if certain sports goals are met, the Torino team said in an official statement.
McKennie, who became a very important element in Andreea Pirlo’s team’s balances, signed a contract until June 30, 2025.
This season, the 22-year-old American midfielder played 30 matches and scored five goals, four in Serie A and one in the Champions League in a 3-0 victory in Barcelona.
The relationship between McKennie and a Schalke 04 sinking in the Bundesliga, where he is nine points clear, ends once and for all, after winning only one game in 23 days.
Juventus is third in Serie A, seven points behind leaders Inter Milan.