Tottenham have prepared £21m offer for Juventus ace – report

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Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly ready to offer Juventus €25million (around £21million) for Weston McKennie.

Spurs were apparently eyeing the 23-year-old midfielder in the summer shortly after Fabio Paratici arrived at N17.

Now, there are two former Juve stalwarts at Tottenham after Antonio Conte replaced Nuno Espirito Santo as manager.

Therefore, it’s unsurprising to see links between Spurs and players from Conte and Paratici’s former club.

And now, Tuttojuve has claimed that Tottenham have made McKennie’s club aware of their potential offer.

Juve reportedly aren’t willing to let the United States international go.

But if they want to bolster their attacking ranks and can’t offload any other players, then they might have to, added Tuttojuve.

Tottenham certainly have scope to bolster their midfield ranks in January, and McKennie wouldn’t be a bad shout.

Juventus paid Schalke a total of £25million over three years and add-ons to snap McKennie up.

Coach Massimiliano Allegri has deployed McKennie regularly this season.

He has featured 18 times in central midfield and also on the right-hand side of midfield.

McKennie, who has played in Serie A and the Champions League this term, is also incredibly versatile.

As per the Bundesliga website, Schalke deployed him as a full-back, centre-back, attacking midfielder and even striker at various times over his time at the club.

That said, he is very much at his best as a box-to-box midfielder.

“I see him as a central midfielder who can win balls but can also get into the opposition penalty box,” USMNT boss Gregg Berhalter told Fox Sports – via the Bundesliga website – in January 2019.

“When I watch him play he’s very aggressive with runs in the box and he has the physical capacity to win balls back so I really like his skillset and I see him mostly as a central midfielder.”