Weston McKennie admits he wasn’t exactly welcomed back to Juventus with open arms.
The midfielder left the club in January at the height of the Plusvalenza scandal, then proceeded to turn in a disappointing loan spell at Leeds. When he returned, there were reports Juventus was looking to offload him.
“You’re a starting player for one of the biggest clubs in the world, and you decide to leave [that] club at a time of crisis, you know?” McKennie said on Tim Ream’s The American Dream podcast last week. “It’s pretty natural. I came back and I felt like nobody really cared.”
From an afterthought just a couple months ago, McKennie has once again made himself integral to the Bianconeri.
McKennie’s resurgence has come at a position he’ll admit isn’t his preferred spot on the field, but he has nevertheless shown that reports of his Juventus demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated.
We’ll kick off this week’s Five with McKennie’s breakout display on Saturday.