Juventus stall in contract negotiations with midfielder as Inter looms

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3 months ago

February 7, 2026

Juventus’s season so far has been a story of two halves, split between Igor Tudor and Luciano Spalletti. Igor Tudor was the coach to start the season for Juventus, as he was hired as an interim after Thiago Motta. Tudor, took Juventus to a mixed Club World Cup being eliminated in the Round of 16 by Real Madrid.

However, Tudor struggled for success once the league season started, making it only to end of October before being axed. Luciano Spalletti came in to replace Tudor, taking over before the Cremonese game on the 1st of November. Juventus has been performing much better on Spalletti.

Spalletti has taken charge of 21 games so far in Turin winning, 13 of them. Juventus has only lost three games in his coaching stint, so far which has lead to talks for a contract extension. Majority of Juventus players have seen an uptick in form ever since Spalletti joined the side as well.

Of course there has still be some strugglers like Andrea Cambiaso, who has had a poor season for Juventus in general. The squad has mainly seen improvement. Someone who has benefited immensely has been Weston Mckennie who has looked like the best he has ever played.

Andrea Cambiaso of Juventus FC holds the ball during the Coppa Italia quarter final football match between Atalanta BC and Juventus FC. Atalanta BC…

Mckennie improved form has seen him score six goals since Spalletti, joined with two assists to go with it. This has lead to talks of a contract extension for the American a complete flip of the script from him leaving, which was rumored in the summer. However, Alfredo Pedulla is reporting that this deal is slowing down.

Juventus and Mckennie did manage to come to terms last season, but that has fallen apart. The two parties have failed to agree upon agent fees, and Mckennie could now leave Juventus as a free agent. Pedulla reports that there is four to five teams monitoring the situation including Juventus rivals Inter Milan.

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AS Roma closing in on a deal to keep Paulo Dybala for one more season

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2 days ago

May 21, 2026

Marcus Guarnera

Paulo Dybala looked certain to leave Roma after this season during most of this campaign. Rumors started from before the season began that he was set to make a move to Boca Juniors to finally return to Argentina after this season. However, Paulo still pushed through his injury issues to perform for Roma.

Missing 16 games during the course of this league season, seemed enough for Claudio Ranieri to force him out of the club. Especially as he looked to build a younger project that could take Roma into the future. But, Raineri would not be given the chance to do this however.

Roma senior advisor Claudio Ranieri and coach Gian Piero Gasperini during training session at Centro Sportivo Fulvio Bernardini on October 14, 2025…

Ranieri would have a public falling out with Gian Piero Gasperini, which led to Raineri stepping down on the 24th of April. This saw Gasperini fill in at his role as a senior advisor to the board. This allowed Gasperini to be a team more ready to win now together, instead of something younger.

Dybala, is part of this win now team in Gasperini eyes as he wants to bring Roma back to their Scudetto glories of 2001. This has lead to talks of Dybala signing a deal for one more season with Roma. Gazzetta Dello Sport is now reporting that it will become a reality. Mainly off the back of the La Roya’s relationship with Gasperini.

Gian Piero Gasperini, coach of A.S. Roma, and Paulo Dybala of A.S. Roma are at the end of the match during the 20th day of the Serie A Championship…

Dybala will sign only a one year deal with Roma, while his long term future is still undecided. He will be forced to take reduced wages however, dropping his salary to 2 to 2.5 million euros per season. This comes as Dybala is hungry to stay in Rome and work with Gasperini.

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Juventus set to offer another key player a contract extension after Manuel Locatelli

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1 month ago

April 20, 2026

Marcus Guarnera

Juventus finally managed to finalise the contract extension for Manuel Locatelli until 2030. This comes as Juventus are looking to keep some of Luciano Spalletti’s key players before looking for new names this summer. Kenan Yildiz was another example of this as Juventus locked him down earlier in the season.

Juventus will now get to keep more of Juventus’s key players, and according to Nico Schira there are more names ready. Pierre Kalulu will be the next name that Juventus will give a contract extension to before the end of this season. Kalulu was signed at the start of last season from AC Milan.

Pierre Kalulu of Juventus in action during the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and Hellas Verona FC at Gewiss Stadium on April 11, 2026 in Bergamo,…

When Kalulu joined Juventus he was given a new contract until 2029, however the Bianconeri still want to offer him new terms. Currently, he earns 3 million per season for Juventus, this is only 16th highest in the squad. This has him behind Fillip Kostic, Teun Koopmeiners, Llyod Kelly and other player he is far more important than.

Juventus want to give Kalulu a pay-rise to show the value that he currently holds in Juventus’s squad. It is also to stop other teams from trying to sign Kalulu this summer. Manchester United and Liverpool have both considered making moves for Kalulu, however a pay rise could incetvise him to stay.

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AS Roma set to backflip and offer two midfielders a contract extensions

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1 month ago

April 15, 2026

Marcus Guarnera

AS Roma have been the most in the news Italian team over the last few weeks, as the ownership and club board are falling out. It seems that more meetings are set for the future, but still nothing is decided yet for who will stay and go. This has lead to Gian Piero Gasperini and Claudio Ranieri trying to take more power over the club’s future.

Roma coach Gian Piero Gasperini, with Claudio Ranieri, poses with the award of Coach of the mounth prior to the Serie A match between AS Roma and…

The first way they will do this is through extending the contract of Lorenzo Pellegrini who looked destined to leave Roma. Talks have now resumed according to Nico Schira as Pellegrini is ready to take a pay cut to stay with the club. Pellegrini has played for Roma his entire career and his love for Roma sees him pushing to stay.

This is despite the fact that there is Premier League and Serie A clubs that are interested in Pellegrini. These clubs could likely give him a similar to higher wage to what he gets in Roma. But it is never about money for Pellegrini as he wants to be a Gialorossi legend like Daniele De Rossi and Francesco Totti.

Roma coach Daniele De Rossi and Lorenzo Pellegrini during a training session at Centro Sportivo Fulvio Bernardini on May 25, 2024 in Rome, Italy.

Paulo Dybala could also be ready to take a pay cut to stay with Roma into next season according to Corriere Dello Sport. Dybala doesn’t have the same love for Roma as Pellegrini having spent most of his career with Juventus. However, he is intrigued by Gasperini’s project.

Dybala has enjoyed most of the time that he has spent in Gasperini’s system despite missing 18 games already this seen, a number that will increase as he has needed knee surgery. Dybala is hungry to stay in Rome and prove himself to Gasperini for the future. Dybala idea of staying is helped by little intriguing options for him this summer, expect for Boca Juniors which would be a return home he isn’t ready to make.