A blow to Newcastle United chances of making Lloyd Kelly move to Juventus permanent | OneFootball

It is now 24 days since Juventus signed Lloyd Kelly from Newcastle United.

It was a loan with an obligation to buy if certain conditions were met.

Those conditions widely reported as all but a’ formality’.

The official release from Juventus (see below) stated that; ‘Given the high probability of the conditions for the player’s acquisition being achieved, this transaction for accounting purposes, qualifies as a definitive effective acquisition…’

Juventus also giving the exact amounts of money that Newcastle United would receive:

A loan fee of €3 million (approx £2.5m) for season 2024/2025.

Then if the obligation to buy was triggered, a guaranteed further €14.5 million (approx £12.0m)

Then up to another €6.5 million (approx £5.4m) in future add-ons if certain targets were met.

A week ago, the conditions needed to trigger the permanent Lloyd Kelly move were made public.

Tuttomercatoweb saying that their information was that Juventus must buy Lloyd Kelly, if this current 2024/25 season, they qualify for any UEFA competition to play in, in the 2025/26 season.

That includes the Europa Conference League, so if Juventus finish in the top six of Serie A, that would activate that obligation, or if they won the Coppa Italia, which ensures you qualify for the Europa League as a minimum.

Wednesday night saw Juventus in action.

The quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia, fourth top in Serie A Juventus, at home against third bottom Empoli.

Only one winner?

Against the run of play, Maleh gave the relegation threatened Empoli a shock 24th minute lead.

Lloyd Kelly was in the starting eleven for this cup quarter-final, playing as the left-sided central defender in a back four.

The Newcastle United loan player was then part of a double substitution in the 54th minute, he and Koopmeiners replaced, as the Juventus boss looked to get back into this cup match, as well as using his squad with some big Serie A matches coming up.

Twelve minutes later Thuram equalised for Juventus but the match ended up going to penalties. Empoli scoring their first four but Juventus missing two, sending the visitors through to the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia, where they will play Bologna.

A blow to Newcastle United’s hopes of making the Lloyd Kelly permanent move to Juventus a mere ‘formality’.

A week apart, Juventus seeing two routes to guaranteed European football extinguished. Knocked out of the Champions League by PSV, now out of the Coppa Italia at the hands of struggling Empoli.

There is of course still the Serie A route and needing to finish top six to guarantee Europe next season (and Lloyd Kelly moving to Turin permanently…), this is how the Serie A table currently (Thursday 27 February 2025):

As you can see, Juventus currently fourth and eight points clear of seventh and eighth, although those two clubs both have a game in hand.

Twelve games to go and with now no other distractions, Juventus have a great chance to make sure of Europe and Newcastle United knowing for sure that Lloyd Kelly is making a permanent move this summer.

Two home games next for Juventus and wins in both would take them a long way to ensuring European football next season, they play 14th placed Verona next, then third in the table Atalanta.

Juventus official confirmation of details on the Lloyd Kelly deal – 3 February 2025:

‘Agreement with Newcastle for the acquisition of the player Kelly

Turin, 3 February 2025

Juventus Football Club S. p. A. announces that an agreement with Newcastle United Football Club for the temporary acquisition, until 30 June 2025, of the registration rights of the player Kelly Lloyd Casius has been reached for a consideration of €3 million (approx £2.5m) for sporting season 2024/2025, with additional costs of up to €0.8 million (approx £0.66m).

The agreement further entails the obligation for Juventus to definitely acquire the player’s registration rights, subject to the achievement of certain sporting objective during the season 2024/2025. The agreed consideration for the definitive acquisition is €14.5 million (approx £12.0m), payable in three financial years, with additional costs of up to €2.7 million (approx £2.24m). This consideration may be increased up to a consideration of €6.5 million (approx £5.4m) over the duration of the player’s contract, upon the achievement of further performance objectives.

Given the high probability of the conditions for the player’s acquisition being achieved, this transaction for accounting purposes, qualifies as a definitive effective acquisition from today for a total amount of €17.5 million (approx £14.5m), plus additional costs. It should be noted that the final evaluations about the accounting recognition of the transaction will be performed for the preparation of the Annual Financial Report as of 25 June 2025.’