The Vlahović saga has reached what may be its decisive moment. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Juventus have formally offered Dušan Vlahović a one-year contract renewal at €8 million per season. The Serbian striker is now evaluating the offer and has not yet reached a decision.
The Backdrop: How the Deal Reached This Point
The last official contact between the two parties had come on 3 June, when the failure to reach agreement on a renewal appeared to confirm Vlahović’s departure, with his contract expiring at the end of the month. But in the twelve days since, something significant happened in Turin: the dramatic changeover from Damien Comolli to Giovanni Carnevali. That change of personnel does not alter Juventus’s financial limits, but it has injected fresh momentum into what would be a sensational U-turn.
Carnevali is understood to have arranged a meeting with Vlahović for what is, this time, a genuinely final attempt — in or out, another reversal or a definitive farewell.
Why It Broke Down in the First Place
The fundamental issue was always financial. Juventus were neither able nor willing to guarantee Vlahović the same wages he earned last season — €12 million net. The club’s offer was effectively halved, standing at around €6 million for the following two seasons — far short of what the striker and his entourage considered acceptable. Vlahović’s camp had been seeking at least €8 million net per season, plus a substantial signing bonus, in order to commit to a renewal.
His agent Darko Ristić has consistently held firm on that €8 million figure plus signing bonus — a number that even Carnevali, for all his renewed engagement, cannot simply conjure from nowhere, particularly given his explicit mandate from ownership to prioritise the club’s broader financial sustainability.
A New One-Year Structure on the Table
What has changed is the shape of the offer. Rather than the previously discussed two-year deal at a reduced rate, Juventus have now proposed a single year at the figure Vlahović’s camp originally demanded: €8 million. It is, in effect, Carnevali meeting the player’s financial number — but compressing the contract length to limit the club’s long-term exposure, a structure that allows Juventus to honour the figure without committing to it indefinitely.
Vlahović Watches, Reflects, and Weighs His Options
With a month to go before his contract expires, Vlahović is said to be closely watching the performances of fellow forwards at the World Cup in the United States, where strikers finding the net are attracting considerable attention with eye-catching displays. The latest player to catch his eye, somewhat poignantly, was his own Juventus teammate Jonathan David — still technically his colleague until 30 June, the date that will mark four and a half years since Vlahović’s arrival at the club in January 2022.
Reports suggest Vlahović himself is not currently attracting serious interest from Europe’s elite clubs — only Turkish sides have shown concrete enthusiasm — leaving his father Miloš to carefully weigh up Juventus’s proposal as the most credible option currently on the table.
What Happens Next
With the World Cup providing both a stage and a distraction, and with his contract running out in a matter of weeks, the coming days are likely to prove decisive. Carnevali has made his move. Whether Vlahović and his father accept the terms — a single, lucrative year rather than the longer-term security they originally sought — will determine whether one of the most turbulent player-club relationships in recent Juventus history ends in reconciliation or in a final, permanent parting of ways.
