Vlahovic to Leave Juventus on a Free Transfer This Summer

Dusan vlahovic will leave Juventus this summer after the two sides failed to agree a new contract, and he will be available for nothing. Juventus and the 26-year-old were someway apart in their salary expectations, ending a spell in Turin that lasted just over four years.

Arsenal and Vlahovic

Vlahovic was already on Arsenal's radar in January 2022 after he had notched 41 times in a season and a half at Fiorentina. Arsenal were put off by the hefty transfer fee, while he wanted a Champions League club and Juventus had been regulars in that competition at the time.

He eventually moved for £66million, and the deal became one of the defining moves of that window for Juventus rather than Arsenal. The striker was a player Arsenal wanted earlier in the Mikel Arteta era, but they did not close when the fee climbed beyond what they wanted to pay.

Juventus and Spalletti

Vlahovic has scored 68 times in 168 outings for Juventus and was named the best striker in Serie A in 2024. Even so, the club have won only a solitary Coppa Italia during his time there, which leaves the end of the relationship looking sharper than a simple contract expiry.

Luciano Spalletti made clear he wanted to keep the 26-year-old and pushed for a renewal. "We've suffered the loss of Vlahovic like the bread and butter" he said after arriving midway through the campaign. "You can't play football without someone with his characteristics, without a strong, physical threat who scores goals."

"The renewal? From what I know, the club has attempted to make contact of this kind and will try again because that's what they tell me, and I trust my directors." Vlahovic's exit now puts him on the market for nothing, a rare chance for clubs that want a proven striker without a transfer fee.

Juventus Open Market Race

Arsenal have since signed Viktor Gyokeres for £64m 12 months ago, and he scored more than 20 times in his debut season. Yet he found himself on the bench in crunch games, including the Champions League final, with Kai Havertz preferred in those matches. Arsenal lost to PSG at the weekend, and there is an expectation that Mikel Arteta will dip into the market to add more quality in attack.