<p>Gatti, no to Napoli and yes to Juve: there's a renewal... but no announcement.</p>

Damien Comolli is shaping his Juventus. Day by day. Journey after journey. Sure, the new general manager might be accused of a certain caution in his approach. But the feeling is that every move is being carefully considered, to avoid any errors of judgment. While waiting to complete the management team with a technical director and a sporting director, the former Toulouse president's work extends beyond the mere addition of Jonathan David, which is no small feat. Because his attention is also focused on the internal affairs of the Juventus dressing room. The contract renewals negotiated thus far, in fact, have a programmatic feel: full steam ahead for the coach, with Tudor extending his contract until 2027 ; full steam ahead for the young players, with the agreement recently reached with Savona . And now, full steam ahead for the team's key players.

The next renewal to be finalized will be Federico Gatti's. A renewal that has been in the air for weeks and has finally been finalized with the player's entourage. Why hasn't the announcement arrived yet? Purely for logistical reasons: the press release, complete with the now indispensable social media content, will be released upon the center back's return to Turin for the start of the new season. It's a matter of a couple of weeks, then, to celebrate everything just before the Continassa training camp on July 24th. But it's all done now. The extension, beyond the previous expiration of 2028, which wasn't exactly around the corner, was necessary primarily to adjust the salary to the status the 27-year-old from Rivoli has achieved within the team. And so: the renewal runs until June 30, 2030, with his salary set to rise from the current €1.4 million per season to over €2.5 million, including fixed salary and bonuses. Almost double. But still less than what Conte and Manna 's Napoli , his great admirers, would have assured him until a few days ago.

And this is a key point in the matter. At the beginning of the summer, the Neapolitan club had hinted to the player and his agents that they intended to make a move to bring him to the foot of Vesuvius, only to then have to switch to Bologna 's Beukema . Indeed, the suggestion of at least €3 million per season wasn't enough to shake Gatti 's confidence. He wanted to stay at Juventus at least as much as Juventus wanted to keep him. And this renewal represents tangible proof of that. "A very long season has come to an end, in which we certainly didn't achieve the objectives you set yourself when you wear a shirt like this. But if there's one thing I've learned from my past, it's that from the most difficult moments, you grow and find strength," the defender said goodbye to his last season on the sidelines of the Club World Cup in the United States, hinting that he wanted to relaunch his career with Juventus. And so it will be. Despite Napoli 's offer. And despite the winks from the Premier League , which between last summer and last season had materialised with advances from West Ham, Nottingham Forest and Everton.

Renewals as an integral part of shaping a new Juventus, it was said. Here: Comolli won't stop at Gatt i. While the situation surrounding McKennie , whose contract expires in less than a year and who could be sacrificed—like every summer—in the face of a second midfield signing, in addition to the one budgeted for to compensate for the more than likely defection of Douglas Luiz , is still unclear, there are no doubts about the marriage with Kenan Yildiz . The Turk is close to finalizing a contract extension, again until 2030 and again with a substantial salary increase, up to €4 million per year. The keys to the Juventus of the future will be even more in his hands. And, above all, in his feet.

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