Fulham defender and USMNT star Tim Ream believes Leeds United new boy Weston McKennie could have joined Fulham this winter.

McKennie arrived at the Elland Road club near the end of the January transfer window from Juventus on loan.

Ream now claims that Fulham were also in contact with Juve about McKennie, only to miss out on the transfer.

"[There was] just a slight chance, yeah," Ream said on his Indirect Podcast.

"It could've been a different three Americans rather than Weston, Tyler and Brenden up there.

"There was a bit of chatter, a bit of back and forth, from what I understand. There was some contact made after the rumour came out that Leeds were going to contact him. Fulham contacted his agent I believe. Not sure it went further than that.

"I know that from having conversations with our management that they like Wes as a player, they just weren't sure he'd be within their range to make a move for him."

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