Juventus Make Progress in McKennie and Yildiz Talks | OneFootball

With the January window in the books, Juventus will turn their attention to a few key renewals: Weston McKennie, Kenan Yildiz, and Luciano Spalletti. They are optimistic they’ll get them all done, even though the announcements aren’t necessarily imminent.

The thorniest one involves the USMNT staple, but the Bianconeri are making strides, Tuttomercatoweb reports. He has been a fixture with every coach in recent years, even more so under their current one. On the other hand, his contract expires at the end of the season. The parties were quite distant in previous months. However, there’s been an acceleration lately, and the midfielder, who’s keen on staying, could agree to add two or three years to his deal and earn a pay rise from €3M to €4/4.5M annually.

According to Corriere dello Sport, Juventus will likely finalize the Yildiz extension first, and then proceed with McKennie and Spalletti. The family of the Turkish gem has been in town lately. The next meeting could lead to white smoke. His wages are set to balloon from €1.7M to about €6M per year.

The Bianconeri technically have an option to keep the gaffer for next season without negotiating. Napoli already did it in the past, and he wasn’t too pleased about it, which eventually lead to his resignation. The higher-ups will likely avoid making the same mistake and hand him a longer contract after a brief negotiation in early March.

Our Take on Juventus, McKennie, Yildiz, and Spalletti

No brainers all around, and the real puzzling thing is why things always go down with the wire every time with the American international, as he has more than proven his value at this point.