{"id":4688,"date":"2026-07-04T19:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T19:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2026-07-04T19:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T19:03:33","slug":"douglas-luiz-set-for-new-juventus-lease-of-life-under-luciano-spalletti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=4688","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Luiz set for new Juventus lease of life under Luciano Spalletti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_2b5fa2fecd19b0d4\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-busy=\"false\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">According to <b data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"13\">La Gazzetta dello Sport<\/b>, Luciano Spalletti wants to give Douglas Luiz a fresh start at Juventus by deploying him as a regista, a deep-lying playmaker role similar to how Stanislav Lobotka operated in his Napoli side. The manager wants to test the Brazilian midfielder in this position before the pre-season friendlies begin.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_page_title - under_page_title --><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_page_title - under_page_title --><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">This tactical experiment is further influenced by Juventus\u2019s failure to qualify for the Champions League, as a successful transition for Douglas Luiz would allow the club to save money and avoid spending heavily on another midfield signing.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"1\">Why Douglas Luiz can still add value under Spalletti<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">His loan stint back at Aston Villa showed clear glimpses of his high technical baseline and ball retention. Under a manager like Spalletti, who excels at maximizing deep-lying creators, Douglas Luiz can provide the exact press-resistance and distribution Juventus needs from a structured midfield anchor, solving an expensive problem internally.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_first_paragraph - under_first_paragraph --><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_first_paragraph - under_first_paragraph -->\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getfootballnewsitaly.com\/2026\/douglas-luiz-set-for-new-juventus-lease-of-life-under-luciano-spalletti\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Luciano Spalletti wants to give Douglas Luiz a fresh start at Juventus by deploying him as a regista, a deep-lying playmaker role similar to how Stanislav Lobotka operated in his Napoli side. The manager wants to test the Brazilian midfielder in this position before the pre-season friendlies begin. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-giocatori-italiani-allestero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}