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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\u2019t want to see him leave on a free.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
That\u2019s all what we assumed would happen with Vlahovic, too \u2014 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
According to Sky Italia\u2019s Gianluca Di Marzio and La Gazzetta dello Sport over the last couple of days, Juventus\u2019 front office and Vlahovic\u2019s main representation \u2014 i.e. his father \u2014 are set to meet again to discuss a short-term contract extension that would mean the Bianconeri\u2019s No. 9 wouldn\u2019t 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 \u20ac12 million net per season. The expected meeting between Juventus CEO Damien Comolli and Vlahovic\u2019s father is expected to happen before Easter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The fact that Vlahovic\u2019s father is heading to Turin is a pretty good indication that the tide is turning and that Vlahovic staying at Juventus beyond the 2025-26 season is very much a possibility now. How much Juve\u2019s lack of consistent production from their other strikers during his absence played into it who really knows, but it\u2019s impossible to avoid the simple fact that Luciano Spalletti has been wanting a striker with Vlahovic\u2019s qualities more and more as his time as manager in Turin has gone on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The solution to that for the 2026-27 campaign may well be in-house.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n