Juventus set to extend key midfielders contract

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.