Host and speaker of Radio Sportiva, he is a columnist and market man for Tuttomercatoweb and a market commentator for Rai Sport
Paulo Dybala staying at Roma is not just a story of heart and love.. There’s that too, there’s the family, there’s the love of the fans. But not only that. It’s also a decision born from missed agreements, agreements that fell through and a rift that occurred yesterday between Al Qadsiah and the Giallorossi club that only a day earlier had received clear communication from the player himself. He was ready to go. That’s why yesterday at Trigoria he said goodbye to his teammates, he left the training center emotionally, he stopped with all the fans for photos and autographs. Paulo Dybala was ready to get on a plane to Saudi Arabia and Roma had already decided to let him leave.
The weight of the wife, the agreements not found
Let’s not fall into sentimentality, which is part of the story but is not a decisive part of this tale. The fresh Mrs. Dybala, Oriana Sabatini, also had a weight in the last chapter, in the phone call last night, who had always been inclined (even though she left the field open to her husband’s professional decisions) to stay in Rome rather than go to an oasis on Arabian affairs in front of Bahrain. How can we blame her? But it was not the heart that decided. It was not the yellow and red beat, this extraordinary Argentine dream, that determined Dybala’s permanence at the court of Daniele De Rossi. Who in the past few days had clearly said that he would not tie anyone against their will to Rome, that he had kept the Argentine out, that he had explained how he was already ready to move on. Dybala refused the offer and the last word was his. He stopped the negotiations between Rome and the Arabs which however were far from defined. The numbers between expectations and reality, on both sides, did not match. And then came the black smoke, orchestrated at the end by Dybala.
The Friedkins said goodbye to Mourinho and Lukaku, they did the same with Dybala
A story that is a hard blow to the Friedkins’ image. Let’s not beat around the bush. The great dream with José Mourinho, Romelu Lukaku and Paulo Dybala, has foundered if we talk about the company and sporting objectives that had to equate expenses and ambitions and weight of the names. The Conference League was a beautiful dream to see celebrated by a sea of yellow and red but, we repeat, Dybala, Mourinho, Lukaku … Now they were ready to move on. To give up the last of the three pieces, his huge salary, to look at a new project with Matias Soulè. Roma had blessed a sale carried out with the Arabs by Dybala himself. Who had arrived one summer day and had been presented in front of the New Colosseum with a sea of flags, smoke bombs, hearts and exciting yellow and red songs that would tear your heart, regardless of faith and color. Everyone dreams dreams like this and Rome was making them come true. Now the Friedkins were ready to sell even the last one. And let’s not talk about Libro Cuore, now that Paulo Dybala is staying in Rome.