Atalanta pulled of a magical comeback, on Wednesday against Borussia Dortmund. A 2-0 loss in Dortmund gave them little chance of advancing but they managed to pull it off. It wasn’t without drama however, as Lazar Samardzic won the tie for Atalanta in the 98th minute from a spot kick.

This is even more impressive considering that Atalanta lost two of their best players from last season. Matteo Retegui left Atalanta last summer to join Al Qadsiah. Then in January, Ademola Lookman left to join Atletico Madrid, after being unhappy with the club.

These huge losses now represent what Atalanta is becoming as a club. Large sales are now apart of their reputation, with them bringing out young players to sell for profit. It is hard to see this changing as well as both Ederson and Marco Carnesecchi could be sold this summer in similar fashion.

Ederson dos Santos of Atalanta BC celebrates after Nicola Zalewski scored the goal of 0-2 during the Serie A 2025/2026 football match between SS…

However, recent reports from Matteo Moretto state that the opposite could happen for Marco Carnesecchi, with him instead choosing to stay with Atalanta. Carnesecchi will renew his contract with the intention of staying in Bergamo for his future. Ederson however, could still be on his way out of the door.

Carnesecchi staying with Atalanta, could have massive ramifications within Serie A. Juventus were preparing to make a serious attempt to sign him this summer. This comes as they aim to replace Michele Di Gregorio this summer, and could now look to Guglielmo Vicario.

This would then put them into direction competition with Inter Milan, as they look for a new goalkeeper. If Inter miss out on Vicario because of Juventus they could make a big move to sign Mile Svilar. Roma are open to selling Svilar having Elia Caprile from Cagliari ready as a replacement.

Juventus had an unsuccessful January mercato, as the side desperately needed reinforcements. Jeremie Boga and Emil Holm where the only names bought into a Juventus side in serious need of reinforcements. To make it worse Juventus didn’t manage to complete any of these deals until the last week of January.

However, Juventus are looking to turn the corner from this poor month, by working on new contracts. Kenan Yildiz and Weston Mckennie have both already managed to agree deals with Juventus. Meanwhile, talks are underway in the hopes of keeping Manuel Locatelli in Juventus up to 2030.

Weston McKennie, Kenan Yildiz, Manuel Locatelli, Vincenzo Montella at JTC on February 9, 2026 in Turin, Italy.

Juventus are justifying these new deal, and pay rises thanks to the clubs turn of form. The Bianconeri started this season very poorly, as it looked they would be knocked out of the Champions League in the group stage. Igor Tudor was fired due to the poor form, who was then replaced by Luciano Spalletti.

Spalletti has turned this Juventus team, and despite recent struggles they have been successful in his tenure. This has lead to talks of him staying with Juventus past this season. Juventus struggled to find a serious manager last season, which is why Tudor was kept, and now one fell into their lap.

According to Nico Schira on X, Juventus will decide to keep Luciano Spalletti in the season. This comes as Juventus have reached an agreement in principle for a contract that will run until 2028. This is despite other European clubs trying to pry away Spalletti from Juventus throughout this season, mainly due to the Bianconeri improved form.

Juventus had a gruelling match on Wednesday against Galatasaray in the second leg of their round of 32 fixture. The Bianconeri needed to win by three goals at home to force extra time, after an embarrassing 5-2 loss in Turkey. Juventus would manage to turn it around, thanks to goal for Manuel Locatelli, Federico Gatti and Weston Mckennie.

Extra time was forced, but this is where Juventus loss the game, mainly due to lack of energy. This came as thew Bianconeri were down to 10 men, due to a controversial second yellow card for Lloyd Kelly. However, despite the loss most of the talks were on Juventus top performance mainly thanks to Manuel Locatelli, who had the highest Fotmob rating at 9.0.

Turin, Italy Manuel Locatelli of Juventus Fc looks on during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Knockout Play-off Second Leg match between…

This has come in a top run of form for Locatelli across this season. Locatelli has regularly stepped up for Juventus with huge goals against Inter Milan a few weeks ago, and a penalty against Venezia to send Juventus into the Champions League for this season. This good form hasn’t gone unnoticed for Luciano Spalletti and Juventus board.

This comes as Juventus are looking to tie up contract extension soon. Juventus have already completed a deal to keep Kenan Yildiz at the club, and are looking to do the same for Weston Mckennie soon. There is also a talks for Luciano Spalletti to get an extended deal to stay with Juventus past this season, Locatelli will get the same treatment.

This comes from a report from Nico Schira exclusively today on X. Schira reports that Juventus are set to offer Locatelli a new contract to keep him with Juventus. Locatelli’s new deal would keep him in Turin until 2030, keeping Locatelli with Juventus until he is 32, and likely most of his European career.