Leeds United would be making a massive statement by signing Weston McKennie in the coming days amid their battle against the drop.

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Leeds now look on course to secure the signing after Fabrizio Romano officially gave it a 'here we go'.

Speaking to Football FanCast, journalist Pete O'Rourke has hailed the potential signing of the 24-year-old midfielder as a massive statement from the Yorkshire club:

"It would be a big signing for Leeds. There's been a number of top clubs linked with McKennie over the years as well and I think he's shown at Juventus and also for the USA at the World Cup that is a top performer.

"So I think it'd be a huge boost and a huge statement signing if Leeds can get a deal done for McKennie."

Statement of intent

It has been a difficult start to the campaign for the Whites who are currently sat just one point above Bournemouth in the relegation zone.

However, Victor Orta has not messed about this month having brought in two new faces already with Maximilian Wober and Georginio Rutter.

And having already spent £35m, the addition of someone like McKennie would be a big statement from the club when their relegation rivals such as Everton have barely made a splash in the market.

In McKennie, Leeds could potentially be adding a 24-year-old who already has 24 in the Champions League.

So putting a player of that ilk into a side who are battling the drop would surely provide Leeds with a boost in the second half of the campaign as they look to pull away from the drop zone.

After all, this is a player who was not so long ago linked with a potential move to north London with Tottenham Hotspur believed to have monitored his situation.

Not only would adding a player like McKennie hopefully see Leeds rise above the relegation scrap, but there will be the hope these additions over January will help Leeds get back to their ninth-placed finish of the 2020/21 campaign.