Becoming Canada's First Player To Play At Juventus, This Is Jonathan David's Response

Striker Jonathan David became Canada's first player to play at Juventus. (juventus.com)

JAKARTA - Striker Jonathan David officially signed a five-year contract with Juventus. David, who joined the free transfer status, became Canada's first player to play at Juve.

David ended his five-year contract with Lille. While playing in Ligue 1 France, David helped Lille break the dominance of Paris Saint-Germain by becoming a league champion in 2021. Not only that, Lille also won the 2021 French Super Cup.

When leaving Lille, David started a new adventure by playing in the Italian Serie A. Joining Juve, who is still holding the league champion 36 times, according to Gazzetta dello Sport, David gets a salary of 6 million euros or approximately 114 billion rupiah per year. In addition, he still gets a bonus of 2 million euros or 38 billion rupiah.

Even though he is a free player, La Vecchia rahasia does not mean he doesn't spend money. The club still pays 12.5 million euros for agent commissions and David's recruitment costs.

The striker's recruitment nicknamed Theployer is the first of Juve under the new leadership of Clarima Comolli. Previously, Comolli, who played a role while defending coach Igor Tudor, who brought the Bianconeri back to compete in the Champions League.

David himself will be the new mainstay in front of Juve. The presence of the top scorer in the history of the Canadian national team by scoring 36 goals during these 67 appearances will get rid of Dusan Vlahovic striker. Even Juve plans to release Vlahovic.

The Serbian national team striker's high salary but failed to lift Juve's performance made the club not want to extend the player's contract which ended in June 2026.

Davis expressed his joy to be joining Juve, whom he called one of the 10 largest clubs in the world. Even the 25-year-old admits that he is very honored to be playing at Juve.

"Since I was a child, I have always followed a club like Juventus. Why? Because for me, Juve is one of the 10 biggest clubs in the world. When I sat here, it was a great honor," said David, who was proud to be Canada's first player to play at Juve.

"I am very happy. Every step I take is always a challenge. Once I come to Serie A it becomes a challenge to adapt to the league, adapt to my teammates and try to achieve success," he said.

"I am certainly proud to be Canada's first player at Juventus. But I hope the next Canadian to have talent can follow in my footsteps play here," said David, who scored 25 goals and made 12 assists during his 49 games with Lille last season.