While there are currently many big names whose contracts expire in the summer, none have quite caught the attention of the Italian media as much as Paulo Dybala.
Currently at Juventus, the Argentine star is free to discuss his future with other clubs if he so wishes, which isn’t quite the case just yet, but it’s certainly something he’s considering.
A number of European sides, including Tottenham Hotspur, have been linked with a move for the playmaker, and while his preference would be to continue at Juventus, a move away from Turin isn’t to be discarded either.
Gazzetta dello Sport cover the situation on Wednesday, explaining the interest from big teams ‘is natural’, since a player like Dybala being available on a free ‘passes only a few times’.
Regarding Tottenham in all this, the Argentina international was signed by Fabio Paratici when he was still in charge of such matters at Juventus, with many articles suggesting a reunion in London being published over the past few months.
Spurs would face competition from a number of teams, such as Manchester City or Atlético Madrid, and Gazzetta point out that ‘the important thing for Paulo is that teams have a project for him, wanting to put him at the centre of plans for the future’.
It’s made clear that such an offer ‘can make the difference’ for Dybala, who wants to first ‘understand how much Juventus want to build their future around him’ before comparing that to ‘how important he would be in other clubs’.
This won’t happen overnight, mind, and it’s ‘time to understand if offers of €8-10m can arrive from abroad, inevitably linked to a project’ such as the one described above.
What could change all this in a heartbeat would be Juventus ‘showing up tomorrow with a €7-8m offer’, at which point ‘finding a pen shouldn’t be complicated’.
Tottenham, and every other club, have therefore been told exactly what’s needed to secure Dybala’s signing, and we’ll have to see if this is something Paratici, Antonio Conte and Daniel Levy are prepared to offer if their interest is as strong as what’s been reported in the past.
