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title: "Tottenham: Weston McKennie could cost £34m"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-news-weston-mckennie-will-cost-e40million-antonio-conte-fabio-paratici/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Premier League News"
published: "2022-06-01T08:10:16Z"
modified: "2022-06-01T08:10:16Z"
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# Tottenham: Weston McKennie could cost £34m

**[Tottenham Hotspur](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-news/) will have to spend €40m (£34m) to sign transfer target Weston McKennie.**

That’s according to Italian outlet [Calciomercato](https://www.calciomercato.com/news/juve-che-traffico-a-centrocampo-ramsey-arthur-e-mckennie-possono-66687) (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/tottenham-interested-e40m-midfielder-fabio-paratici-particularly-likes-player/)).

### The lowdown

The Athletic’s Charlie Eccleshare and Jack Pitt-Brooke [wrote at the weekend](https://theathletic.com/3336805/2022/05/28/tottenham-transfers-eriksen-perisic/) that Antonio Conte and Spurs were hoping to strengthen in central midfield this summer. The north Londoners signed Rodrigo Bentancur from Juventus in the winter but could do further business with the Bianconeri ahead of the [expected departure](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-harry-winks-antonio-conte-b1003272.html) of Harry Winks.

It was only last summer that Juve officially signed McKennie from Schalke for [£18.45m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/weston-mckennie/profil/spieler/332697) after an initial loan. He is predominantly a central midfielder but has played in [a vast array of positions](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/weston-mckennie/leistungsdaten/spieler/332697/plus/0?saison=ges), including both deeper and more advanced roles in the middle and on the right wing.

It’s worth noting that the American was missing from late February until the end of the season with a [metatarsal fracture](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/weston-mckennie/verletzungen/spieler/332697).

### The latest

McKennie could move to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this summer, with Spurs scouring the Italian market once again.

As per [Calciomercato](https://www.calciomercato.com/news/juve-che-traffico-a-centrocampo-ramsey-arthur-e-mckennie-possono-66687) (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/tottenham-interested-e40m-midfielder-fabio-paratici-particularly-likes-player/)), managing director of football Fabio Paratici ‘particularly likes’ the 23-year-old and could push for a move.

Juventus are reportedly demanding £34m for his services, and it’s unclear yet as to whether Spurs will be willing to pay that amount.

[Tottenham latest developments!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/tottenham-latest-developments-2/)

### The verdict

McKennie isn’t necessarily someone who will come up with big numbers of goals and assists, having only notched [three direct goal contributions](https://fbref.com/en/players/01c3aff5/Weston-McKennie) in 2021/22.

However, he [does take up advanced positions](https://fbref.com/en/players/01c3aff5/Weston-McKennie), ranking in the 98th percentile among his positional peers in Europe’s big five leagues for both progressive passes received and touches in the penalty area.

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McKennie, who won his country’s [Player of the Year award](https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2020/12/mckennie-wins-2020-us-soccer-male-player-of-the-year) in 2020, was starting to ‘come alive after a stuttering spell’ prior to his injury, in the words of [sports journalist Josh Bunting](https://twitter.com/search?q=mckennie&src=typed_query&f=live&pf=on).

[Squawka](https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/1482469926585708548) have described him as a ‘wizard’ at his best, and Paratici clearly has confidence that the 23-year-old can reach that level consistently.

After doing business with Juventus for Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski, perhaps it’s time for the Spurs supremo to once again tap into that existing relationship with the Serie A club.

**In other news, [Alasdair Gold has dropped a promising claim on another Serie A target](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/spurs-transfer-rumours-inter-milan-alasdair-gold-bastoni-update-thfc/)**