Juventus plotting Douglas Luiz contract extension after promising 2026-27 return | OneFootball

Reports in Italy claim that Juventus are planning on offering Douglas Luiz a new contract extension following his promising return to Serie A action in 2026-27, which could also be a useful exercise for the Bianconeri accounting department.

Report: Juventus could hand a contract extension to Douglas Luiz

Douglas Luiz is currently under contract with Juventus until the summer of 2029, having signed a five-year contract when he joined the Old Lady from Aston Villa at a cost of €50m in the summer of 2024.

FROSINONE, ITALY – AUGUST 23: Douglas Luiz reacts during the Serie A match between Frosinone Calcio and Juventus FC at Stadio Benito Stirpe on August 23, 2026 in Frosinone, Italy. (Photo by Giuseppe Bellini/Getty Images)

His first season in Serie A was a massive disappointment, ending the season with just three starts in the Italian top flight as the Bianconeri secured a top-four finish by one single point.

The Brazilian was then sent out on a series of loans to the Premier League in 2025-26, first to Nottingham Forest where he again struggled to make an impact, and then to his former club Aston Villa in the second half of the season.

Douglas Luiz returned to Turin over the summer to find a new head coach, Luciano Spalletti, in charge of Juventus, and since then, he has been reintegrated into the first-team set-up. He has gone on to start in all of Juventus’s first six competitive matches of the 2026-27 campaign.

REGGIO NELL’EMILIA, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 13: Douglas Luiz in action during the Serie A match between US Sassuolo and Juventus at Mapei Stadium – Citta’ del Tricolore on September 13, 2026 in Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy. (Photo by Emmanuele Ciancaglini/Getty Images)

And now, according to Saturday’s reports from Tuttosport, Juventus are planning on offering Douglas Luiz, who returned to the Brazil national team squad for the first time in two years in September, a new contract until the summer of 2030.

This is partly in recognition of his new-found status as a key first-team player, but also because if he signs an extension on the same wages, currently around €4.5m net per season, it would lower his depreciated cost on the Juventus balance sheet.

Tuttosport describes it as ‘killing two birds with one stone’.