Today is the first day of June. That means Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic is officially in the final month of the big-money contract he signed when he made his even bigger-money move from Fiorentina in January 2022. As we’ve been hearing for a few months now, Juventus would actually like to extend that contract, but really only under the conditions that they feel best suits them after Vlahovic was the highest paid player in Serie A the last couple of years.
As we head into the final weeks of Vlahovic’s
deal, it looks as though we’re about to find out whether that extension is actually going to happen.
According to Sky Sport Italia’s Gianluca Di Marzio, Juventus and Vlahovic’s camp — most notably his father — will have a “final” meeting regarding a potential contract extension that would keep the Serbian striker in Turin beyond the month of June. At this point, Vlahovic actually renewing with Juve seems rather unlikely, with Di Marzio describing it as “there is little optimism about the 2000-born player’s continued presence.” But the two sides will talk about things one final time, per Di Marzio, to see if there can be any sort of progress made amidst reports that Vlahovic has been offered to other clubs both Serie A and abroad around Europe.
As has been previously reported, Juventus have essentially extended an offer to Vlahovic that is for a short-term contract extension. It is one that is, according to reports, a two-year deal that would run through 2028, with Juventus also wanting to cut Vlahovic’s Serie A-high €12 million net salary in half to a much more club-friendly figure of €6 million (or thereabouts).
That seems to be something that Vlahovic isn’t exactly all that keen on. And that certainly seems to be the case as time has gone in this spring. There was momentum a couple of months ago when it looked like the two sides could very well be set to work out some sort of agreement and keep Vlahovic in bianconero, but that has certainly faded as time has gone on since then.
Vlahovic looks like he will be part of the latest remaking of Juventus’ attack in which there’s plenty of departures and arrivals. As Di Marzio mentions, Randal Kolo Muani is part of those plans, with Juve circling back to a player in which they wanted to bring in all of last summer before Paris Saint-Germain’s demands became just too much to make a deal worth it. But after a relatively sluggish year on loan at Tottenham, Kolo Muani has returned to PSG and Juventus hope that 12 months later there’s a much better deal for a player who is still rather interested in coming back to Turin to play his football.
