Paulo Dybala RevealedHis Dream Is to Play With Lionel Messi

Juventus striker Paulo Dybala admits that he “has a desire” to play alongside Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi at some point during his career.

And the reigning player of the year Messi has the inside running to reach quadruple figures, with Barcelona to play twice (Atletico Madrid to come on Saturday) before Madrid host Espanyol on Sunday.

The Chinese lad said: “I want to apologise to Messi as it was impolite to remain seated while shaking hands with him”. I am always trying to be myself.

“The team, my teammates and the whole club are helping me by keeping me calm”. I looked to improve my game from the player you saw at Palermo.

“Do I feel like the new Messi?”

“It will be very hard to become like Messi”. It’s not easy to play for this team but I have friends who allow me to do this with serenity.

Dybala, together with Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain, has been one of the undisputed stars of the Serie A season so far and he is pleased to see another Argentina worldwide doing well as Juve prepares to face Maurizio Sarri’s team in the Coppa Italia semi-final on Thursday (AEDT). I would already be happy if I became even just a little bit like him.

“And when I chose to sell him there was talk of scandal, now instead they say that [Giuseppe] Marotta is a legend”.