Honestly i don't rate his mentality and i see him as a tactical headache. Would you be down with a dybala de jong swap?
No because I rate Dybala higher then De Jong, rather build around a superstar level attacking talent then a holding mid imo. But if we had to sell for some stupid reason to Barca, definitely makes sense to demand De Jong in return.
I know what you mean mentality wise, theres lots of valid criticism to give him for that. Mainly for lack rising to the occasion in CL (because he delivered big time in Serie A).
But the bottom line is, unless you getting Mbappe level players as upgrade, Dybala (together with De ligt), should be the absolute last player to sell on this squad, no other big club would seriously entertain selling player of this calibre .
We have extreme difficulty with two things, signing high level top player players of certain age, and having consistent group with players that have longevity in the squad and arent just passing through for few years.
For the former we hit the jackpot with Dybala getting him from Palermo, in today's market a young version of him would possibly be out of our price range in bidding war with biggiest clubs.
And the second is super important for me, we change players way too much every two or 3 years, and Dybala not only is top quality, but young and becoming one of the longest serving players around because of our chop and change policy. Its important to have a core group of icons and reliable stars in a team (our steady core are about to retire) to build a continuous identity, and he should be one of ours for the foreseeable future.
Fvck Barca, let them chase likes of Lautaro.