Paulo Dybala has been told to turn down any potential approaches from Liverpool in favour of linking up with Tottenham Hotspur.
The Argentine forward has failed to agree a new deal at Juventus , meaning he is set to become a free agent in the summer. But ex- Liverpool midfielder Don Hutchinson believes the Reds would not be the right club for the 28-year-old.
Instead, Hutchinson has said he would prefer to see Dybala link up with Spurs and has compared him to Christian Eriksen. The 50-year-old pundit believes the forward needs to have a team built around him and views Spurs as his best option.
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“Paulo Dybala is a really, really good player,” Hutchinson told Premier League Productions, as reported by HITC . “A technical player. Tottenham, I think would be the best fit for him. It just depends if he is fit enough and can play most games in the Premier League.
“It’s a different ask compared to Serie A and he hasn’t played too many games for Juve this season. He has been in and out of the side. They can’t seem to build the team around him. Contract talks have broken down.
“In an ideal world, he would like to stay in Serie A. But, if he comes to England, then I don’t see him going to Manchester City, Liverpool or Man United etc.
“So, the best fit, for him, would be a club like Tottenham where he could be their Christian Eriksen a few years ago. He has to play as a ten.”
Dybala has been consistently linked with a move to Liverpool over the years and has remained effective for Juventus this season. Despite his campaign being disrupted by injuries, he has still scored 13 and provided six assists across 29 appearances in all competitions.
However, Juventus CEO Maurizio Arrivabene confirmed on Monday that Dybala would be leaving the club. The club chief highlighted the recent arrival of Dusan Vlahovic as one of the major factors behind Dybala ending his seven-year stay in Turin.
“The most important change is that Juventus has not renewed Paulo Dybala's contract,” Arrivabene said, as quoted by Tuttomercato .
“With the transfer market I reiterated it, the approach was sincere. With the signings made in January, with the arrival of Vlahovic, Paulo's position was no longer at the centre of the project. This is why we preferred to make this kind of decision.”
