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Former Manchester United and Tottenham target Paolo Dybala is up for sale.
Both were linked with a move last summer for the Argentine playmaker but were ultimately deterred by his high wage demands and also by his desire to stay with Juventus.
However, there are big changes afoot at the Italian champions following the appointment of Andrea Pirlo as manager to succeed the sacked Mauricio Sarri.
Pirlo is looking to not only trim the wage bill – only three of the current squad earn less than him. And he is also looking to fund a rebuild of his squad. Blaise Matuidi has already joined Inter Miami on a free transfer and Aaron Ramsey has been told he has no future in Turin.
Dybala is probably out of Spurs price range, given their current financial constraints, but United will be interested by his potential availability, especially if their pursuit of Jadon Sancho proves fruitless.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.