Dybala's work rate and understanding of the game put Isco and James to shame. Those two, especially James, can put in a magic ball more often in the box, but everywhere else they are inferior.
Allegri has asked Dybala to be a striker in the front 2 and he excelled, to be a TQ and he excelled, now to be everywhere on the field as a midfielder and he excelled as well. He plays the ball more than any of our midfielders (and attackers ofc) except Pjanic, and he does it while being more mobile than all of them as well. We take Dybala out, and with this midfield, we are better off playing old school 4-4-2 kick and rush.
Meanwhile Isco gets moved a little bit and he becomes useless and benched, while James is the definition of a luxury player. Both of them can be great for us, but not 1-for-1 for Dybala.
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Its pretty clear by know that Allegri dont see Dybala as a CF/ false nine. He is not a winger. Ronaldo playes better with CF like Benzema/ Mandzu. So he tries to fit him in as a number 10. It seems like it is the only place for Dybala that is compatible with fitting both him and Ronaldo in the team. The problem is that he is not and will never be an elite AM. How would you suggest we set up the team to get the best out of Dybala?
Why is this the question? the question should always be how do we set up as a team to be the best team possible.
Dybala in Milan means let's do everything possible to get the best out of him, because he is a step ahead of everyone else. Dybala in Juve means he stands next to Mandzukic, Pjanic, Ronaldo, Costa, Bernardeschi, etc. he is one more of the guys, not the only star.
He has understood this nicely so far and does all that is asked from him and does it greatly as a top player.