{"id":615090,"date":"2022-07-20T08:38:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T12:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615090"},"modified":"2022-07-21T02:57:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T06:57:22","slug":"paulo-dybala-signs-for-roma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/20\/paulo-dybala-signs-for-roma\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Manchester United Target Paulo Dybala Signs for Jose Mourinho\u2019s Roma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paulo Dybala has joined <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/19\/departing-juventus-star-roma-paulo-dybala\/\" target=\"_self\">AS Roma<\/a> on a three-year contract that will see him playing in the Italian capital until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asroma.com\/en\/news\/2022\/7\/paulo-dybala-signs-for-roma\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old joins the club as a free agent after spending seven years at Serie A rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/19\/juventus-compete-move-for-torino-defender\/\" target=\"_self\">Juventus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc4a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ASRoma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ASRoma<\/a> \ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sxy8FKHkcR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Sxy8FKHkcR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialASRoma\/status\/1549744000181174272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Paulo Dybala Joins AS Roma<\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Why Roma?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A decisive factor in the process for Dybala was the enticing opportunity to work with head coach Jose Mourinho. \u2018The Special One\u2019 is renowned for his achievements throughout his managerial career.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, he led Roma to European success by winning the UEFA Conference League after beating Feyenoord 1-0 in Tirana.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asroma.com\/en\/news\/2022\/7\/paulo-dybala-signs-for-roma\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dybala said<\/a>: \u201cI am joining a team that is on the up, a club that continues to put in place strong foundations for the future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And a coach, Jose Mourinho, that it will be a privilege to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine also touched on the dedication and support amongst the Roma faithful, adding: \u201cAs an opponent, I have always admired the atmosphere created by the Roma fans &#8211; I now cannot wait for the chance to salute them while wearing this shirt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, as a free agent, the striker was linked with several clubs throughout the summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcoconterio\/status\/1514656646345207810?t=DkNrF8b0zPT51cVpB5ZvWg&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">including Manchester United.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Paulo Dybala: His Story So Far<\/h3>\n<p>The forward departs Turin as a five-time Serie A champion. He is also a four-time Coppa Italia winner and has won the Supercoppa Italiana three times. Dybala made 293 appearances in total for Juventus, scoring an outstanding 115 goals and contributing 48 assists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/19\/juventus-compete-move-for-torino-defender\/\" target=\"_self\">Juventus Outbid Inter Milan for Torino Defender<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was named in the Serie A Team of the Year four times (three seasons consecutively) and was awarded Serie A Most Valuable Player for his performances throughout the 2019\/2020 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Dybala tasted success more recently whilst representing his national side, Argentina, when they faced Italy in the UEFA Cup of Champions final at Wembley Stadium. He netted the winning goal in the 94th minute to secure his team the trophy.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cA New Jewel in the Eternal City\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Roma have already released <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialasroma\/status\/1549731712346820609?s=21&amp;t=gqk8luM1RBRCIF077woHrA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">training pictures<\/a> of Dybala in action with his new teammates as they continue to prepare for the season ahead; kicking off their campaign on August 14 against Salernitana. This means fans will have to wait until the club\u2019s first home fixture on August 21 to see their new signing in action at the Stadio Olimpico.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/30\/the-serie-a-title-is-changing\/\" target=\"_self\">The Serie A Title Will Be Different Next Season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The club have confirmed Dybala will wear the No.21 shirt, which he wore throughout his time at Juventus and for his national team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paulo Dybala has joined AS Roma on a three-year contract that will see him playing in the Italian capital until 2025. The 28-year-old joins the club as a free agent after spending seven years at Serie A rivals Juventus. \ud83d\udc4a #ASRoma \ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe5 pic.twitter.com\/Sxy8FKHkcR &mdash; AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) July 20, 2022 Paulo Dybala Joins AS Roma [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4249,"featured_media":615122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[5,1362,28],"tags":[997,2310],"class_list":["post-615090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serie-a","category-juventus","category-transfers","tag-as-roma","tag-paulo-dybala"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615090","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\/4249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}