{"id":558224,"date":"2020-07-15T15:46:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T19:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=558224"},"modified":"2020-07-15T15:53:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T19:53:19","slug":"dybala-to-sign-contract-extension-at-juventus-until-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/15\/dybala-to-sign-contract-extension-at-juventus-until-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Paulo Dybala to Sign Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The stage is set for <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/e0921a4f\/Paulo-Dybala\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paulo Dybala<\/a> to sign a contract extension at Juventus until 2025. The new contract would greatly increase his wages, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuttosport.com\/news\/calcio\/calciomercato\/2020\/07\/14-71746648\/juve_dybala_firma_fino_al_2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TuttoSport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old could become the club&#8217;s second top earner, behind five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/dea698d9\/Cristiano-Ronaldo\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/a> His leadership is a great asset to the club, on top of his footballing abilities.<\/p>\n<h2>REPORT: Paulo Dybala to Sign Contract Extension<\/h2>\n<h3>Reworking the Finances<\/h3>\n<p>The reported deal is set to be between \u20ac10 and \u20ac12 million, which would make him the second-highest-paid player at Juventus. Currently, Dybala earns \u20ac7.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>It is supposed to be signed between the end of the current league season and the start of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/06\/17\/champions-league-and-europa-league-to-be-decided-in-final-eight-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Champions League Final eight tournament<\/a>\u00a0in Lisbon.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.as.com\/en\/2020\/06\/10\/football\/1591778193_595652.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Gazetta Dello Sport<\/a>, the Argentines demands require the club to adjust their finances. Some players could be on their way out to allow for more room in the wage budget.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/ad6df2d5\/Miralem-Pjanic\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miralem Pjanic<\/a> is linked with Barcelona, in what could be a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/06\/25\/report-arthur-melo-and-miralem-pjanic-swap-deal-set-to-be-finalised\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">swap deal<\/a> including Arthur Melo. 32-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/8a08491a\/Gonzalo-Higuain\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gonzalo Higuain<\/a> is also no longer required at the club. Indeed, Ronaldo and Dybala are very talented forward options.<\/p>\n<h3>A Future Leader<\/h3>\n<p>Dybala is destined to become a leader at Juventus over the next few years. In fact, the attacking midfielder has worn the armband on multiple occasions for the Italian side.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fabio Paratici, Juve&#8217;s Chief Football Officer, &#8220;There has always been trust in Paulo&#8221;. They are &#8220;talking continuously with its managers. He is an important player, we made an important investment when he came&#8221;. In his words, he is &#8220;the future of Juve&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Paulo Dybala seems very close to securing his future in Turin. The Argentinian looks to be a leader for <em>I Bianconeri<\/em>\u00a0for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"jASo5wuHTVtsER9Vm0dCfg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1255718380\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'jASo5wuHTVtsER9Vm0dCfg',sig:'SI1a5794F_Tg-q9FT9cM6ZS0fP7yIKk6h4LR0C88B6Y=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1255718380',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stage is set for Paulo Dybala to sign a contract extension at Juventus until 2025. The new contract would greatly increase his wages, according to TuttoSport. The 26-year-old could become the club&#8217;s second top earner, behind five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo. His leadership is a great asset to the club, on top of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3511,"featured_media":558244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1362,2,30,5,28],"tags":[369,1000,323,3860,2310,136],"class_list":["post-558224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-juventus","category-featured","category-news","category-serie-a","category-transfers","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-gonzalo-higuain","tag-juventus","tag-miralem-pjanic","tag-paulo-dybala","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}