Dybala: ‘I’d like Juventus’

By Football Italia staff

Palermo striker Paulo Dybala admits he’d like to join Juventus, but doesn’t rule out a move abroad.

The Argentinian striker will leave the Rosanero in the summer, and the Old Lady are believed to be one of the front-runners for his signature.

“Playing in Europe’s top competition [the Champions League] is everyone’s dream,” Dybala told Gazzetta dello Sport.

“That said, there are also big teams who are not playing in it. But I’d like it, I can’t deny that.

“Playing with someone like [Andrea] Pirlo? With a regista like him, everything becomes easier, especially for a striker. Pirlo manages to make everything simple, even the most difficult things.

“You could see that, for example, in the first leg against Monaco [in the Champions League], his genius created the penalty that decided the game.

“[Alvaro] Morata also did well to make the deep run, but the invention came from Pirlo. I’ve already agreed with my teammates, we’re going to go to a restaurant to eat pizza and follow the Juve game on tv.

“[Max] Allegri’s team are going away with a goal, so for me they’re the favourites. If things go well in Monte Carlo then they’re one of the major contenders, but anyone who reaches he semi-finals can win it.

“Would playing for a team which has four Scudetti in a row be a good thing? It can go both ways. It would be an advantage, because Juve are a team which is never satisfied.

“With the hunger they have, they could end up getting 10 Scudetti in a row.

“I admit, I’m fond of Italy. It made me famous, and I’d love to stay here in Serie A.

“I don’t speak a word of English or French, but that’s not to rule anything out, because when I came to Palermo I didn’t know Italian and I think I picked it up quickly enough.”

Dybala also had words of praise for Rosanero President Maurizio Zamparini, who is demanding at €50m to sell him.

“The President has always been an admirer of mine, he was maybe the only one who believed in me when everyone else was criticising me and saying I wasn’t worth the money to bring me to Sicily.

“I thank him for the confidence he’s always had in me. Now he’s trying to get the most he can out of my sale, and that’s him doing his job, like I do mine on the pitch.

“I just hope that if I have a bad game against Parma on Sunday I don’t knock €10m off the valuation, bringing it down to €40m!

“I don’t want to think about these things. If I were to score a goal against Palermo next year, I wouldn’t celebrate, this will always be my home.

“I could never do something like that to those who have shown such love to me.”

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