Douglas Luiz revealed he is “becoming convinced” he can stay at Juventus after a positive run in pre-season.

The 28-year-old joined Juve in 2024 following a reported €51.5m (£44.1m) move from Aston Villa, but has made just 27 appearances for the Bianconeri.

After struggling for regular minutes in his debut campaign, the midfielder spent the first half of the 2025-26 season with Nottingham Forest and the second half back at Villa.

However, he has received regular game time under Luciano Spalletti in pre-season this summer, and even scored in their 2-0 win over Nice on Friday.

Spalletti praised Douglas Luiz’s performance in the friendly, where the Brazilian played 45 minutes and completed 23 of his 26 passes.

Douglas Luiz still has three years left on his contract with Juve, and he is starting to believe he has a future at the club.

“The training camp went very well. I’m in good shape and happy with the opportunity I’ve been given,” he told Sky Sport Italia.

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“I managed to score, and that’s very important to me, because this is where I want to be.

“I’m really pleased with his [Spalletti] opinion, which is obviously the most important thing for me.

“The work done over the last three weeks is making me understand things and allowing me to grow in training and in matches. I’m becoming convinced that I can stay at this club.

“Two years ago I was bought but didn’t get many chances to play. Now I’m rediscovering them, and that’s exactly what I want.”

Juve has three more friendlies in pre-season, against Chelsea, Inter and Palermo, before their Serie A campaign begins on August 23 at Frosinone.