Napoli weigh Lobotka renewal to 2028 after Juventus interest

Napoli are looking to extend Lobotka's contract to 2028, tying him down before the countdown to his 2027 expiry becomes a problem. One thing pushing the club to act: Juventus, under Luciano Spalletti, tried to bring the Slovak midfielder to Turin last summer.

It's a situation Napoli know all too well. Anguissa's renewal, due to expire on the same date — 30 June 2027 — remains stuck: the club are said to have offered three years on his current terms, against his request for improved ones, and Milan have reportedly already made contact with his agents over a free transfer. McTominay is tied to the same deadline. Three midfielders who hold together the balance of Allegri's side, three contracts hanging in the balance in the same six months.

On the pitch, Lobotka remains one of the few certainties in Napoli's midfield. His goal decided the 1-0 win over Bologna, one of the rare victories in a league start that Opta rates as Napoli's worst in ten years. During the international break, he played a full 90 minutes as Slovakia beat Moldova 2-0.

That Napoli are moving now, well ahead of the deadline, shows how much the lesson of a midfield already hanging by a thread has sunk in: letting a first-team regular reach the final year of his contract without a clear plan is a luxury a side ninth in the table, with 7 points from 5 games, cannot afford a second time — with the Anguissa case there as a daily reminder. The conditional still applies, though: until a signature arrives, this is a club intention, not a done deal.

With the international break over, the next competitive fixture — Napoli-Frosinone, Saturday 10 October at the Maradona — will show how far Allegri can rely on a fully fit Lobotka, while the table for a renewal stays set for the coming weeks.