The build-up to the next season is more than amusing. Despite being occupied with the UEFA Euros and Copa America 2024, soccer fans can’t take their eyes off the activities in the transfer market. After some big news of Kylian Mbappe joining Real Madrid and Kevin De Bruyne’s being speculated to leave Manchester City, Alisha Lehmann created a buzz by moving to Juventus with boyfriend Douglas Luiz.

The Switzerland international’s move marks the first-ever couple transfer in club soccer. But such a rare and iconic step by the pair is leading to intrigue as to whether it was a part of Luiz’s contract. Let’s take a look if there was any agreement for such an arrangement.

Is there any connection between Alisha Lehmann and Douglas Luiz’s contracts at Juventus?

Douglas Luiz had an impactful spell with Aston Villa and has been a prolific performer for the team in the last few seasons leading to his contract with the Bianconeri. He joined Juventus for a 5-year contract for $54 million approximately, following which Alisha Lehmann did the same. While the fans are surprised, the move seems to be planned as reports suggest that Luiz had requested the Turin club to sign Lehmann too. However, there are no clear reports of whether it was a part of his contract.

It now appears that the couple was determined to move to Italy together. Lehmann signed a three-year contract, a couple of years less than the Brazilian international for an undisclosed fee. Both have been dating since 2021 shortly after Lehmann joined the Birmingham club. Despite some glitches in between, their relationship has been going strong.

Earlier in mid-June there were talks about Luiz’s mediators discussing the possibility with Juventus for a provision that would allow him and his girlfriend to sign for the club together. Reports suggest that the Italian outfit may have been happy with the proposal as it will serve them more than one purpose.

Reasons why signing Lehmann is good for Juventus

Alisha Lehmann can bring quite a lot of value to Juventus. She proved her mettle at Villa scoring 14 times in her 74 appearances. In addition, she also won Women’s Supporters’ Player of the Season in 2022. However, Juventus has their reasons for signing the 25-year-old on and off the field.

Earlier in May the Italian giants lost one of their key midfielders Julia Grosso who rejected a two-year contract extension according to reports. She had been a prolific contributor to the team and signing a strong forward like Lehmann to replace her will allow them to compensate. In addition, the Swiss is also the most popular athlete in her nation having more influence than Roger Federer through her Instagram and Tik Tok.

With almost 16.8 million followers on Instagram and over 11 million on TikTok, Lehmann could be useful for the club’s ambition of promoting women’s soccer. Earlier Juventus partnered with TikTok to boost its growth across the world.

With so much purpose behind the move, can the couple make an impact by winning titles with Juventus? Let us know in the comments.