Fiorentina President Rocco Commisso has urged Dusan Vlahovic to sign a new contract out of gratitude, despite Manchester City, Atletico Madrid and Tottenham interest, then ‘if he wants to go, we can talk about it next year.’
The 21-year-old striker is hot property and reportedly commanding bids as big as €70-80m, but the Viola remain firm in offering him an extension.
“I have never put Vlahovic on the market and I offered him the biggest contract in the history of Fiorentina,” Commisso told TGR RAI Toscana.
“So he should sign the renewal and then we’ll see what happens next year.”
The plan may well be to introduce a release clause into the contract, or for his agents to secure rights to negotiate a transfer next summer.
“Vlahovic has never been put up for sale by Fiorentina, even if everything is happening around him with agents and the clubs that want to do deals in the final stages of the transfer session.
“It’s therefore true that there is news ‘about’ Vlahovic, but the right offer has never arrived. And even if it did arrive, I don’t think he will leave this season.”
The current deal runs to June 2023 and the proposal is to extend until 2026 with a salary of €4m per season.
“Look, we’re talking about a lot of money here, the biggest salary package ever offered by Fiorentina. I am happy for him, but he needs to extend this contract, then if the lad wants to go elsewhere, we can talk about it next year. But not now.
“He has to understand and recognise that it was Rocco, his family and Fiorentina who brought him to where he is now.”
Although he scored 21 Serie A goals last season, it was the first real full campaign in which Vlahovic has stood out.
Before that, he found the net six times in 30 Serie A games during the 2019-20 term.
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Next year he’s going to cost €90-100m