Juventus plan emergency meeting to extend Real Madrid target Paulo Dybala’s five-year contract beyond 2020
The Galacticos have been chasing the No10 ever since Arrigo Saatchi advised them that he was destined to follow in Lionel Messi’s dazzling footsteps
JUVENTUS have planned an emergency meeting to extend Barcelona and Real Madrid target Paulo Dybala’s five-year contract even further, beyond 2020, after Italy icon and former Real director Arrigo Saachi told Madrid to land him.
The Argentine – tipped as the new Lionel Messi – agreed a massive new deal last season after hitting 19 Serie A goals in his debut season for Juve but the La Liga giants have not been deterred and haved offered £77million plus Alvaro Morata for the striker.
As SunSport revealed, the Scudetto bosses dismissed the initial bid and demanded either Toni Kroos or former Tottenham playmaker Luka Modric on top to sweeten any potential deal.
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The Galacticos have been chasing Dybala ever since Saatchi - who was lured to the Bernabeu for one season in 2004 – advised them he was destined to follow in Messi’s dazzling footsteps back in 2014, when he was pulling up trees for unfancied Palermo, before a £28m switch to the Old Lady.
And reports in Spain now claim league leaders Juve will sit down with the player’s agent Pierpaolo Triulzi after the club’s sporting director, Beppe Marotta, told the club to extend his stay further and boost his wages.
Gonzalo Higuain is currently the top earner in the dressing room, with wages of around £115,000-a-week, and Juve are ready and willing to put the 23-year-old in that bracket.
After banking £89m from Manchester United in the summer for Paul Pogba, Max Allegri’s side is under no pressure to sell and can easily afford to improve Dybala’s terms to ward off his La Liga suitors.