When players are being compared favourably to two of the best players of any generation, you have to pay attention.
And The Star reckons that Arsenal are serious about a young star who is rated that highly in some quarters.
They say:
Arsenal to sign £31m (39.1m Euro) Palermo star who will ‘be better than Ronaldo and Messi’
ARSENAL will sign Palermo forward Paulo Dybala next summer.
The quote about how good he is comes from Palermo owner Maurizio Zamparini, who said:
“Within two years, he’s going to be better than Cristiano Ronaldo, [Lionel] Messi and [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic.
“It would take €40m (£31m) to take him away from us. He’s the best striker in Serie A.”
Italian teams always seem open to a good deal and have made an art form of singing the praises of their sought after talent. So there is obvious hyperbole here. But there is also real quality about the lad.
The 21 year old started his career in Argentina at Instituto where he scored a remarkable 17 goals in 40 games in his debut campaign as a teenager.
After just one season he was snapped up by Palermo and has since played 63 times for the Italian club, hitting the back of the net on 13 occasions.
It’s actually quite sad to hear his club putting a price on is head when you might think that a really ambitious club would lock the door on a move. But perhaps it’s just representative of the status quo in football where the cream almost always rises to the top.
Anyway, this guy does look absolute mustard and despite the crazy money being offered, he may just be worth the punt.
Let’s see him in action. Arsenal fans: keen?
