A report within the Italian media claims Juventus might nonetheless miss out on Lloyd Kelly regardless of having an settlement in hand with each the participant and Newcastle United.
The Bianconeri recognized the 26-year-old as their last signing to shore up their January enterprise. The Serie A giants thus reached an settlement with the Magpies over a mortgage transfer with an obligation to purchase on the finish of the season for circa 15 million euros.
The Bristol native landed in Turin on Sunday evening and has been finalising all obligatory procedures on Monday earlier than being introduced because the membership’s fourth winter signing after Alberto Costa, Randal Kolo Muani and Renato Veiga.
Nevertheless, Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio raises some doubt over the operation, claiming Juventus won’t have sufficient time to finalise the operation as a consequence of a bureaucratic hurdle.
Because the supply explains, Kelly wants to amass a piece allow in Italy since he’s thought-about a non-EU citizen.
The Sky Sport Italia correspondent reveals that work is at present in progress to acquire the lacking paper, however this matter stays outdoors of Juventus’ management, to allow them to solely anxiously wait whereas hoping that the problem is resolved in time to register the participant.
The switch market in Italy will shut at midnight on Monday, so Kelly solely has a couple of hours to acquire all obligatory paperwork, in any other case, the switch would spectacularly collapse.
The Bianconeri might be hoping to keep away from this embarrassing situation, as their backline stays in dire want of reinforcement, although the membership’s supporters aren’t precisely enthusiastic in regards to the Englishman who is taken into account a relative unknown within the Italian peninsula.
Kelly loved a stable stint at Bournemouth earlier than signing for Newcastle final summer season on a free switch. Nevertheless, he didn’t earn a beginning function below Eddie Howe which inspired him to heed the Bianconeri’s name.