No agreement reached: Negotiations between Kenan Yildiz and Juventus stalled
Kenan Yıldız, the star of our national team and Juventus, is on the radar of many clubs in Europe. Juventus, who want to keep the 20-year-old young talent, who has attracted all the attention with his performance, has been in talks with the player for a while. However, according to reports from the Italian press, these talks have stalled.
Kenan Yildiz, the goal scorer of the national team, has taken the number 10 jersey at Juventus and continues his great performances. Kenan Yıldız has made 97 appearances for Juventus in his career in all competitions. The 20-year-old has scored 19 goals and provided 15 assists in those 97 appearances, contributing directly to 34 goals in total.
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Signed for free from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2022 at the age of 17, Kenan Yıldız quickly became the new face of the Italian giants. Considered as Del Piero's heir apparent and wearing the number 10 shirt, Kenan showed his quality both in Serie A and Champions League this season. Kenan Yıldız, who signed a contract with Juventus in the summer of 2024 until 2029, earns 56 thousand euros per week.
The problem regarding the new contract of Kenan Yıldız, who plays for Italian Serie A giants Juventus, has not yet been resolved. While Juventus want to keep the national footballer in the team, European clubs continue to insist on a transfer. Comolli and the Turkish player's agents have failed to reach an agreement to increase Kenan's salary to the level of the big players. Only Elkann's intervention can solve this situation. Here are the statements in La Gazetta Dello Sport's report;
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'TALKS STALLED'
"The last step, the decision phase, was more complicated than expected. Juventus and Kenan Yildiz could not reach an agreement. The contract renewal until 2030 has been suspended and now the parties are in the reflection phase. There was no agreement on the figures and some contractual terms. So much so that the happy ending is no longer certain, as the Juventus club was a few weeks ago. The signature of the number ten has never been more at risk. After months of discussions, negotiations and meetings, general manager Damien Comolli and the Turkish playmaker's team decided to halt negotiations after a final summit in recent days."
Yildiz seems ready to continue his adventure on his current salary (1.7 million euros plus bonuses), which ranks 19th on the club's salary list, rather than accepting a new contract that is longer and different from what was planned and desired.
The star was aiming for a deal that equalized his economic status with his technical one. But not the 12 million net salary of Dusan Vlahovic, the highest paid player in the squad, but a figure similar to the 6 million salary of Jonathan David, the first signing of the Comolli era. There is a difference of around 1 million per season between the demand and the offer. A small difference on paper, but big enough to risk the deal and the future and attract the attention of Europe's big clubs.
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Chelsea offered 67 million euros last July and look set to compete with Real Madrid and Arsenal next summer. The 20-year-old from Regensburg, who is released from Bayern in 2022, could be worth more than 100 million euros if there is an auction between the superpowers next summer.
Despite all this, the Turkish player has gritted his teeth in recent weeks, prioritizing the struggling team. His knee, inflamed and in need of some rest, has taken a back seat. This is concrete proof that contract negotiations have not affected the harmony between player and club. The star has always been very attached to Juventus. Although he has shown it a little less recently with his goals (he has scored a total of 3 during the season, the last one from a penalty against Udinese), he has shown it even more with his leadership when results were at their worst and Igor Tudor and Luciano Spalletti took over as coach."
