
Chiesa and Zanilo? Seriously? What exactly have they done that's out of this world? Even James, who's been shit for quite some time, when in form isn't a superior player to Dybala and I see no reason to go for him. A flaky, whimsical, inconsistent player if ever there was one.
I'm not against selling Dybala, but only for a superstar caliber player. Let's not repeat mistakes of the past (Pogba and Vidal). We're still paying the price for not adequately replacing them.
KEY PHRASE: 'at their age'
Dybala only really exploded in his last year with Palermo at the age of 22 and 8 months. Zaniolo will be only 20 in July, Chiesa 22 in October. You're laughing because it's sexy to shit on italian talents these days, but both are great for their age. Physically and technically already really impresive, ambitious and hungry. Really mature and serious and strong characters which is not usual for guys their age.
I don't necessarily disagree about James right now, but again at Dybala's age he was a superstar in the making, leading Colombia at WC and playing great for RM under Ancelotti. At WORST he and Dybala are 99% copies of one another which only reinforces my point you wouldn't be doing this if Dybala wasn't our player and you had no emotional interest in him. One is shit and laughable he could take Dybala's place, the other could only be replaced by Mbappe, the biggest superstar in the making right now.
And no, replacing Dybala with Chiesa, Zaniolo or other young guys wouldn't be nearly the same as replacing Pogba and Vidal with Khedira and Matuidi. Those guys were unwanted by other teams, older guys with tons of mileage on them already and pretty one dimensional. Chiesa and Zaniolo are young, hungry, dynamic, talented guys with future ahead of them. And they probably never will be as good as Dybala could be if he fulfilled his potential, but they don't have to be. Dybala is hardly going to be what he could be. Right now him and Juventus are burdens to each other unless we can retool our team and fit everyone around him. I don't think we'll do that or we'll be able to do that, but if we could it's a win-win for everyone.