Douglas Luiz has joined Juventus from Aston Villa Getty Luiz’s girlfriend Alisha Lehmann is expected to follow Luiz to Juventus Instagram @alishalehmann7 If it is completed it will be part of a double deal instagram @alishalehmann7
But after five seasons at the club, Luiz has now left to join Italian giants Juventus and may soon be followed by glamorous girlfriend and Aston Villa Women’s star Alisha Lehmann .
The Old Lady announced that Luiz had signed a deal until 2029.
The Brazilian midfielder made more than 200 appearances in all competitions for the Clarets, while scoring 22 goals and 24 goals.
And it is expected that Luiz will soon be joined in Turin by Lehmann as she joins Juventus Women.
However, Villa – who will pocket £50m from the Luiz sale – will also land Juventus pair Samuel Iling-Junior and Enzo Barrenechea in a separate double deal worth £22m.
Luiz shared a video online announcing his move.
He said: “Hello Juventini. I’m really happy to be a bianconero and I can’t wait to play in the Allianz Stadium.
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“See you soon and Forza Juve!”
The protracted deal was thrashed out by Villa’s President of Football Operations, Monchi and Director of Football Damian Vidagany after weeks of tough negotiations.
Luiz is the third and biggest sale Villa have made this summer and means they have now raised £82m in transfer sales since the end of the season.
Academy starlets Omari Kellyman and Tim Iroegbunam were sold to Chelsea for £19m and Everton for £13m respectively.
Monchi and Vidagany have also snapped up Chelsea’s Dutch international left-back Ian Maatsen for £37m as well as Everton ‘s Lewis Dobbin for £9m.
Meanwhile Luiz’s replacement, Ross Barkley is expected to complete his £5m move from Luton Town later this week.
It has been a time of frantic activity by Villa as Unai Emery looks to beef up his squad for next season’s Champions League campaign.
Juventus – aware of Villa’s need to satisfy PSR regulations – made their move for the 26-year-old, who still had two years remaining on his current Villa deal.
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Luiz could even face his old club in the Champions’ League next season after Juventus qualified in Pot 2, while Villa will be in Pot 4.
Villa felt they could cash in on Luiz after reaching an agreement with Barkley as they also have Youri Tielemans and a fit-again Boubacar Kamara to turn to next season.
The club had earlier sent a proposal to their fellow Premier League clubs, suggesting the PSR limit on losses be increased from £105million to £135m over a three year period.
However their proposal failed to gain sufficient support.
Luiz is currently on international duty with Brazil in the Copa America, where girlfriend Lehmann is cheering him on.
He was an unused substitute for his nation’s first game against Costa Rice, before playing for 18 minutes of their 4-1 win over Paraguay.
Swiss star Lehmann played 15 games for Aston Villa Women last season, scoring two goals, while also adding two goals in the FA WSL Cup.
The 25-year-old has a following of 16.6m on Instagram, dwarfing Aston Villa’s 3.9m followers.
She is often seen sharing glamorous posts of her holidays and evening outings.
Luiz and Lehmann got back together around New Year’s Eve after a sour break up in 2022.
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