Juve want Gnonto in swap deal with McKennie
Juve want Gnonto in swap deal with McKennie
Italian news outlet CalcioMercatoWeb are insisting that Wilfred Gnonto heads Juventus’ Summer shopping list, and are willing to do a swap deal involving Weston McKennie to ensure they get their man. Off the field, the Serie A giants are in a mess. They were docked 15 points in January for financial irregularities and false accounting; and their coffers have long since dried up, leaving them both desperate and destitute.
Since arriving in January, McKennie has not lived up to his potential £35m price tag. He may have bolstered the midfield, he has failed to influence results, and shows very little creative influence, compared to his Italian team mate. Would you like to see Leeds sign McKennie on a permanent deal? What price tag would you put on Gnonto?
Bookies back Leeds for survival
Leading Bookmakers Bet365 are of the opinion that despite their perilous position, Leeds will escape relegation this season, albeit by the ski of their teeth. Since taking the reigns, ER gaffer Javi Gracia, has picked up four points from as many games, yet results elsewhere have seen the Whites fall to within a point of the pit of the Premier League table.
Despite picking up seven points from the last four games, Southampton are odds on for the drop (1/2). South Coast neighbours Bournemouth have also picked up seven points, albeit from their last five matches, but also remain firm favourites to be playing Championship football next season (4/6).
Then come Everton, who have recorded three wins and a draw in their last seven games (5/4); followed closely by Nottingham Forest (11/8), who despite their league positioning (14th), haven’t won since beating Leeds on 5th February. Leeds are 6/4, which seem quite generous when you consider they have won just once in thirteen outings, and lie 19th in the table.
Fergie call up
Connor Ferguson has been called up to train with the first team squad, after just three months into his professional career. The talented left back only signed terms back in January, days after his 18th birthday having impressed for the U18’s. Just like his mentor, and agent Ian Harte, Fergie is an attacking left back by trade, and having caught of the eye of Michael Skubala, his development has been bought forward with immediate effect.
