Juventus CEO Beppe Marotta wants Paulo Dybala to be a figurehead at the club for years to come.
The Argentine has endured a frustrating time in Turin of late and has been in and out of Coach Max Allegri’s starting line-up after a drop in form.
He has also been linked with a high-profile transfer away from the Bianconeri, with the likes of Manchester United and Real Madrid reported to be interested in his services.
Juventus CEO Beppe Marotta wants Paulo Dybala to be a figurehead at the club for years to come.
The Argentine has endured a frustrating time in Turin of late and has been in and out of Coach Max Allegri’s starting line-up after a drop in form.
He has also been linked with a high-profile transfer away from the Bianconeri, with the likes of Manchester United and Real Madrid reported to be interested in his services.
However, Marotta insists the 24-year-old’s form is nothing to be concerned about and wants the forward to remain a Juve player for a long time.
“Will Dybala be a symbol for us in the coming years? That is what we have the intention of doing,” he began.
“Initially, we invested what was maybe an overly-large transfer fee [€32m from Palermo] to get him. Then, in time he proved his extraordinary worth.
“He is young, obviously we know we will have to wait for his development, we know we shouldn’t expect amazing things from him every Sunday.
“Dybala has had his problems, but he is a very young boy so we need to have patience.
“We are absolutely certain that he will manage to repay our faith with great performances.”
Marotta also commented on defender Leonardo Spinazzola, confirming the defender will return to Juve at the end of the season after his loan spell at Atalanta ends.
“He grew up in our youth teams, we gave him to a provincial side – if you can say provincial side because Atalanta are now a team who are reaching a high level.
“He is having a great experience. At the end of the season we will finish the loan with Atalanta and Spinazzola will return to our ranks.”