he had the 'rona back in october, he reportedly got through it without any symptoms. he played a full 90 minutes vs barcelona, arguably the highlight match of his short juve career, then he regressed physically. in 2021, he visibly runs out of gas after an hour or so. he only played 6 full matches since the barca away game, mostly against lesser teams like bologna and crotone. it also was reported that he had physical issues, suffered a smaller injury vs sassuolo, and pirlo confirmed after the spezia match that mckennie can't play more than 60 minutes. pardon my poor english, i thought the best way to describe it was "not fit enough".
overplayed? he played 9 full matches out of 40 official matches this season. his average playtime per match is 52 minutes (barely 40 minutes when he doesn't play a full match). you can argue that he should have been rested instead of playing ~20 minutes against cagliari or toro, and a youngster like fagioli should be given more chance, and i'd agree, but i wouldn't call mckennie overplayed, especially not in the last 2 months with only one single full match and two others when he played more than an hour.
i also like what i see for a young, inexperienced player, but calling him our best midfielder, or that weird and unnecessary vidal comparison from tuttosport the other day aren't too accurate.
back on topic: de paul would play more than mckennie, and would create much, much more than weston. would it make de paul our best midfielder? probably. that's the state of our midfield now.
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