Juventus, who are only 5th in the Serie A table, have been very active in the transfer market this week, with Vlahovic close to joining, Bentankur likely to travel to the Premier League to join Villa, Ramsey confirming his departure, and the renewal of Benadsky and Dybala is also being dealt with. Among these players, Dybala's problem is the most difficult, and Juve CEO Ali Vabene has spent a lot of energy on it.
Juventus are so active in the transfer market, which also shows that the hegemon of this Serie A team wants to regain its former glory. Before Being robbed of the 2020-2021 league title by Inter, Juventus had already won nine consecutive Serie A titles, and in those two seasons, they withdrew from the title race, finishing last season at 4th in the Serie A table, and may not even be in the top four this season. The reason why Juventus has fallen to such a point has a lot to do with the aging of the team's squad.
The juventus squad is generally older, and in addition to the aging of the lineup, the front line is not available is also a big problem. Prior to Cristiano Ronaldo' arrival, Juventus' main scorers were Higuain and Dybala. After Ronaldo joined in the summer of 2018, he squeezed out Higuain and also made Didibala lose his starting position. Three seasons later, Ronaldo left Juventus and Dybala regained the starting position, but he did not play much for three years, and his form was already worse than that year.
Although not in as good form as three years ago, Dybala is still Juventus' most goalscoring player this season, with 11 goals and five assists. Argentina striker's contract with Juventus until this summer, Juventus want to renew his contract with Dybala. As early as last October, Juventus offered Dybala a contract with an annual salary of 10 million euros, which is almost 3 million euros more than his current annual salary of 7.3 million euros.
Dybala was ready to accept a contract extension offered to him by the team, but now he has repented. Dybala now wants an annual salary of 15 million euros, before he was willing to accept an annual salary of 10 million euros, it should be that C Ronaldo was still there, Dybala's playing time was not so stable, after C Ronaldo left, Dybala re-became the forward thigh of Juventus, so his expectations for his annual salary have also become higher.
However, Juventus was unwilling to meet Dybala's demand for an annual salary of 15 million euros in the face of the plan to cut the total salary of the players by 20%, so the negotiations between the two sides reached an impasse. Originally, Juventus was not so tough in the negotiations, but now it has suddenly become tough. According to the Italian media "Roma Sports" report, Juventus gave Dybala an ultimatum to either accept a contract extension of 10 million euros per year or leave the team.
Juventus became tough because they found a substitute for Dybala, that is, Vlahović, who played for Fiorentina. According to a number of Italian media reports, Juventus is close to signing Vlahović, a 5-year contract, an annual salary of 7 million euros, a transfer fee of about 75 million euros, Vlahović himself and the team Fiorentina are satisfied with Juventus' offer, the deal is likely to succeed.
Vlahović is only 21 years old, 7 years younger than Dybala, and the salary requirements are not as high as Dybala's, and the annual salary demand of 7 million euros is less than Dybala's current annual salary of 7.3 million euros, not to mention Dybala's annual salary demand of 15 million euros. Vlahović's stats for the past two seasons are also far better than Dybala's, so juventus has no need to accommodate Dybala with Vlahović.
At present, Inter Milan are preparing to waive Dybala in the summer, and there are also media reports that Premier League side Liverpool are interested in Dybala. Although Dybala has no shortage of places to play, Sport Roma pointed out that Dybala's first choice is still to stay at Juventus and continue to play. In February, his agent will re-negotiate with Juventus to allow Dybala to get the desired annual salary and continue to play at Juventus.
Dybala's first choice is to stay at Juventus, which is understandable, he is 28 years old and this season is his 7th season with Juventus, and he definitely has some feelings for Juventus. In addition, if he joins Inter or Liverpool, he will certainly not be able to get his place at Juventus. The core of Inter is Lautaro, the core of Liverpool is Salah, and he Dybala has changed the team as a newcomer, so he is still willing to stay at Juventus.
Abandoning old love with a new love, Juventus's behavior is understandable from a business point of view, but it is difficult to accept from a human point of view. Dybala played for Juventus for 7 seasons, before C Ronaldo came the data was also good, and then because of the arrival of C Ronaldo was sacrificed, three seasons Dybala did not say to leave, Dybala's loyalty to Juventus is also worth affirming. Juventus is now forced to leave the players because of the 5 million euros a year, but think about the time when Ronaldo left Real Madrid because the salary was not discussed, so football is just a business.