Paulo Dybala admits Napoli's Gonzalo Higuain is 'a better leader than me' and hopes Juventus will let him play the Copa America.
The Partenopei's star striker is currently appealing a four-match ban for arguing with the referee, and there's some debate as to whether his team remains competitive without him.
Paulo Dybala admits Napoli's Gonzalo Higuain is 'a better leader than me' and hopes Juventus will let him play the Copa America.
The Partenopei's star striker is currently appealing a four-match ban for arguing with the referee, and there's some debate as to whether his team remains competitive without him.
“I like [his replacement Manolo] Gabbiadini, and he did well right away,” Dybala said, in an interview with Il Corriere dello Sport. “But Higuain is a very important player.
“Compared to me, he's a better leader. I'm at my first year at Juve. And here it's the team that wins."
Dybala's interview then turned to his colleagues, starting from evergreen goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
“Buffon in training is incredible, I don't know if there's a stronger goalkeeper in the world. He's also very helpful to us younger players. The series of 22 undefeated games happened thanks to the older players.”
It's been suggested that Dybala may take the #10 shirt should its current owner, Paul Pogba, be sold in the summer.
“I hope that Paul can stay with us for many years. In any case, the #21 belonged to [Zinedine] Zidane and [Andrea] Pirlo and is worth a #10. I have no problem in taking responsibility, but if someone stronger joins us, then he can have it.”
The 22-year-old was then asked about his involvement in international tournaments.
“I'd like to play everything, the Copa America and the Olympics. But my body will demand some holidays and I don't want to be exhausted come December.
“Argentina and Juve will have a chat, and I hope to play at least one of those tournaments.
“My best goal? The spinning one against Sassuolo. It was a shot worthy of a game of pool. But the most important is still my first one, in Shanghai, because it gave me a lot of confidence.”