Pape Matar Sarr’s move to Juventus is a loan with strings attached. The Bianconeri have paid €2.5m plus €0.3m in ancillary costs to take the Senegal international until 30 June 2027, and the €27.5m obligation to buy, payable across three financial years, only activates if two specific conditions are met over the course of the 2026-27 season.
The first is qualification. Juventus must reach the Champions League or the Europa League next season, with the Conference League specifically excluded from the clause.
The second is minutes. Sarr must play in half of the matches available to him across all competitions during his loan spell.
If either condition falls short, the deal reverts to a straight loan and Sarr’s Tottenham contract picks back up next summer.
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“See you again very soon”
Sarr posted his own goodbye on social media once the move was confirmed, sharing a photograph from the Europa League final in Bilbao, his winner’s medal around his neck and the trophy in his hands.
“Thank you, Tottenham, for all the wonderful years we spent together. A special thank you to the fans for their incredible support and love. See you again very soon!” he wrote.
The 23-year-old arrived in north London in 2021 from Metz, spent a further season on loan back in France, then returned to become one of the more dependable presences in a midfield that cycled through managers, formations and philosophies.
Squeezed out by Tonali and Fernandes
Across five years at Tottenham he made 141 appearances in all competitions, scoring 11 goals and adding 11 assists. Twenty-six of those came in the Premier League last season.
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The summer arrivals of Sandro Tonali and Mateus Fernandes pushed him down the pecking order, and by the time the current campaign started his path to a regular starting role had narrowed considerably.
The most vivid line on his Tottenham CV is the assist for the winning goal in the 2024-25 Europa League final against Manchester United in Bilbao, the trophy that ended the club’s long wait for a European title.
Spalletti gets a runner, De Zerbi keeps reshaping
At Juventus, Luciano Spalletti, who recently signed a new two-year deal with the club, adds an energetic runner to a midfield still finding its balance under him. The Bianconeri opened the 2026-27 Serie A season with a 2-0 win at home to Parma on Matchday 2 and sit near the top of the early table.
For Roberto De Zerbi, appointed as Tottenham’s head coach in March, Sarr’s exit is part of a summer of turnover in the middle of the pitch and adds to a growing sense that this squad is being remade quickly rather than tinkered with.
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Sarr could be in contention for his Juventus debut when the club host AC Milan at the Allianz Stadium on 6 September.
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