That headline probably isn’t a surprise to many considering what transpired over the course of the 2025-26 season for Juventus’ first-ever Canadian male signee. But when it comes to Juventus’ need for change in the striker department, it is pretty easy to understand that the chances of Jonathan David staying around in Turin beyond the summer transfer window closing on the first day of September.
That is why one of the clued-in Juventus reporters out there, IlBianconero chief Romeo Agresti, was telling
us on his YouTube channel on Thursday that he “doesn’t sense a great desire on Juventus’ part” to see David stick around for a second season at the club. Considering how his first season with Juve went, that is nowhere near a shock to just about anybody — especially when you consider that David is not the kind of striker that manager Luciano Spalletti wants and how things went for the 26-year-old Canadian when Dusan Vlahovic was actually healthy. Plus, there is also the matter of the fact that David signed on a “free” transfer with Juventus last summer, and thus there is a potentially very large capital gain on the books as well as the offloading of his €6 million net annual salary that would benefit the club’s books.
David potentially leaving Juventus this summer is something that goes all the way back to mid-March — a time in which he was in the midst of another lengthy goal drought and things were not turning for the better under Spalletti.
The full video (in Italian) of Agresti talking about David’s expected departure is below.
Juventus have already signed one striker this summer in the form of 19-year-old Jeff Ekhator from Genoa. They’re constantly being linked with a reunion with Randal Kolo Muani, although we know those talks with Paris Saint-Germain are anything but routine considering how those negotiations have gone over multiple transfer windows. There’s also the reported interest in Atlético Madrid’s Alexander Sørloth, who is still at the World Cup with Norway and thus not moving to a new club until his run at the tournament in North America is over.
So, as you can see, the striker position is under a lot of change once again this summer.
And, for David, that means a new club is likely to happen.
Between what was reported back in March and what Agresti is telling us right now (and probably what your understanding of logic when it comes to this sport), it’s pretty easy to figure out that things between Juventus and David just ain’t working. He was brought in by a different leader of the sporting sector and when a different manager was at the helm. He played twice as many minutes than Vlahovic did in Serie A last season and scored fewer goals (6) than the now-former Juve No. 9 did during his injury-riddled campaign (7). When Vlahovic was available during Spalletti’s tenure, he started over David — and there really wasn’t much controversy over that decision because we all could tell which player the Tuscan tactician preferred.
So between the manager, the struggles for large swaths of the 2025-26 season and the simple financial aspects of him leaving compared to staying, it’s pretty easy to figure out where Juventus would like to see this end up. David said during the World Cup that he wants to stay at Juventus and honor the five-year contract that he signed last summer, but that is something that feels completely out of his hands at this point.
