Bremer's injury could increase Rugani's chances of contract renewal

Bremer’s injury represents an opportunity for Daniele Rugani to find regular starting minutes and the chance to continue his Juventus career beyond this season. The player is already trying to reach a renewal with Juve, at a lower wage.

Released, renewed with a salary reduction, sent out on loan, then returned to Turin, the desire to stay was more on his part than on the part of a club that already knew how to do without him. Daniele Rugani's relationship with Juventus has been a story of many back-and-forths, and the defender has booked his departure so many times that last summer passed almost unnoticed. And in the end, he stayed, for the final year of his contract, never imagining that just two months into the season, he could once again be useful to a club that was about to part ways. It's all thanks to Bremer's new injury, which has opened up new defensive scenarios and a list of alternatives (in terms of position) that has practically stopped at the 31-year-old centre-back.

WHY RUGANI— The bench is short, of course, and so Rugani's specific influence now grows. Because he knows the group and Tudor's game, because he's a key figure in the locker room, and above all, the lack of suitable offers—despite the player's desire to stay even at the cost of playing little, if any—has led the club to let him play out the final year of his contract with Juventus. He signed his last contract extension, reducing his salary: a scenario that—and it can't be ruled out—could repeat itself further down the line, if the parties deem it appropriate to make another attempt at an agreement (the player is reportedly open to the idea, and the club is evaluating options).

BREMER OUT— Bremer's injury opens up new opportunities for him both in the league and in the Champions League. This is also because, in the meantime, Tudor is focusing on Kalulu on the right flank (obviously having less faith in João Mário), reducing the options at the center of defense. The alternative solution, proposed a few times since the start of the season, with Gatti in the center of the three, has been less convincing. In short, Rugani has a new opportunity to further enhance his (almost) endless and curious career at Juventus.