After coming to terms with Kenan Yildiz and Weston McKennie, Juventus will proceed with less urgent renewals, re-upping the contracts of players whose expiration date isn’t that close and rewarding them, TuttoSport informs (via Goal).
Manuel Locatelli is having a bounce-back season, becoming a technical leader and bagging some heavy goals. He has quelled any doubt about his relationship with Luciano Spalletti. His contract runs out in 2028. The intention is to tack on two more years and raise his wages from €3M to €4M, on par with the American midfielder.
The next players on the Juventus agenda are Khephren Thuram and Pierre Kalulu, who have been cornerstones and among their top performers. They both make about €2M and will eventually reach the level of their teammates.
According to Corriere dello Sport, the Old Lady will be in the mix to keep Dusan Vlahovic until the end. He’s focused on his recovery and hasn’t committed to any side. He currently earns €12M. Their offer will at most be €6/7M annually. However, the brass sealed the deal in Yildiz’s case with a €6M signing bonus and will offer one to the striker too.
Any new contract has a ripple effect, especially if it comes with a conspicuous pay rise. Their fairly grim reality is that they have a limited number of solid but not great players. They’d better make sure they are happy to keep building rather than making lateral moves in each window. The big kahuna is Spalletti. It seems that they are pitching him rather than the other way around, which is a little weird. They have been combative and more coherent but far from spotless with him in the dugout.
