Reports: Juventus and Dusan Vlahovic getting closer to a contract extension
More and more it looks like the guy who wears the No. 9 shirt at Juventus will be the one who keeps it next season.
TURIN, ITALY - MARCH 21: Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus gesture during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and US Sassuolo Calcio at Allianz Stadium on March 21, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Daniele Badolato - Juventus FC/Juventus FC via Getty Images) | Juventus FC via Getty Images At this point last year, Dusan Vlahovic looked to be heading out the doors of Continassa by the end of the summer transfer window. Contract talks had stalled, and just a few months earlier he had seen his good pal Federico Chiesa leave the club with a year left on his contract because the front office didn’t want to see him leave on a free.
That’s all what we assumed would happen with Vlahovic, too — a situation all too similar with a player who the club has spent a whole lot of resources on during plenty of changes (and not much for the better) over the span of his contract. But Vlahovic has stayed. And that could very much be something we say about him more and more over the next few weeks and months, too.
According to Sky Italia’s Gianluca Di Marzio and La Gazzetta dello Sport over the last couple of days, Juventus’ front office and Vlahovic’s main representation — i. e. his father — are set to meet again to discuss a short-term contract extension that would mean the Bianconeri’s No.
9 wouldn’t be leaving this summer like so many have expected him to do. It would be a one- or two-year deal, according to La Gazzetta, and would likely see him take a significant pay cut from his current Serie A-high salary of €12 million net per season. The expected meeting between Juventus CEO Damien Comolli and Vlahovic’s father is expected to happen before Easter.