Juventus market, strategy changes for Vlahovic: unexpected move
The return of Dusan Vlahovic to the San Siro in the Milan-Juventus finale, albeit for a handful of minutes, carried enormous symbolic weight. Indeed, Juventus and its coach Luciano Spalletti once again have at their disposal an offensive reference who, net of a complicated season, could remain central also in the immediate future, starting with a sprint for Champions League qualification in which the Serbian wants to be a protagonist, with an eye also on the continuation of his career in bianconero.
Yes, because despite an agreement in place so far never touched up, which seemed to bring Vlahovic closer to an almost inevitable farewell between injuries and a fluctuating performance, there seems to have been a sudden swerve in the negotiations, the result of a new idea that would seem to have convinced the former Fiorentina player’s entourage: the possibility of a short contract to relaunch himself at Juve itself, to then deal more calmly with a possible transfer.
According to rumors reported by ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport,’ the contract extension would be for a maximum of two years, a duration that would allow Vlahovic to work with serenity in an environment he already knows and that has never really put him on the sidelines, with the goal of returning the relentless striker who had convinced Juve to shell out 70 million euros to snatch him from Fiorentina with the 2021-2022 season underway.
Juventus itself, for its part, would be ready to pay him a salary in line with the ceiling set by Yildiz’s recent renewal: about 6 million euros plus bonuses. So much should be enough to keep away, at least for now, the club that had most asked for information in recent months, Bayern Munich, but also other suitors such as AC Milan, repeatedly approached for the 2000-year-old center forward.
Spalletti’s work, which has put a group struggling in the first months of the season back on track, is also affecting individual evaluations. Vlahovic has never felt out of the project, and the calmer climate could convince him to stay on to complete a path that has been rather bumpy so far.
