Juventus may have edged ahead of Inter Milan in the race to sign Paulo Dybala by making a €30 million offer for the striker.
The Bianconeri and Nerazzurri appear to be duelling it out to sign the 21-year-old Argentine striker who looks certain to leave Palermo this summer.
Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio reports that Juve director Beppe Marotta has spoken directly with Palermo patron Maurizio Zamparini, making him an offer of €30 million, including bonuses. Inter are reported to have made a similar offer of €30m but their deal would include George Puscas and Francesco Bardi in exchange.
It’s difficult to fully assess what will happen next – Juve would seem the clear choice but there’s always a question mark over how much playing time Dybala would recieve next season, given Carlos Tevez and Alvaro Morata are Juve’s primary strike force. Tevez has always insisted that he would end his career at Boca Juniors, meaning Juve may be trying to convince Dybala that he would a successor to El Apache in a season’s time.
Tuttosport reported that Roberto Mancini went to see Dybala in person, assuring him that he would be a guaranteed starter at for the Nerazzurri next season. There’s still the possibility that Roma and Napoli may yet make a bid for the player, given his apparent desire to remain in Italy for the time being.
I think we should take him over any other Italian team. He is promising, may flop, but if he turns out to be the next great thing we would feel sorry for many years to come. However 30 million is alot of money and if Zamparini doesn’t accept it, we shouldn’t pay more.
Even 30 mill is an awful lot of money for a player who is running out of contract. Zamparini should be happy with this much already.
That being said, it would be nice to have Dybala at Juve
Yeah but, you know, it’s Zamparini. I just feel we shouldn’t let this kid walk. 30 mill is max though.