Fabio Paratici, who said goodbye this Friday to Juventus Turin After eleven years as the club's sports director, he assured that the signing that gives him the most pride is that of the Argentine Paulo dybala, being the “riskiest bet” of his management.
“In this job you must know how to change. There are aspects that are not understood from the outside and that lead to closing certain signings. Dybala He is a great player and he gave a lot to Juventus, “Paratici said at his farewell press conference in Turin.
“I think I am one of the main responsible for the fact that Dybala is now at Juventus. We invested a lot of money and made a big bet. I think it was the most risky signing of my administration,” he continued.
Juventus paid a little more than 40 million euros to Palermo in 2015 to sign Dybala and the “Jewel” won five Serie A titles, four Italian Cups and three Italian Super Cups with the Turin club's jersey.
The Laguna Larga striker reached a hundred goals this year as a Juventus player, in 253 games played.
Paratici said goodbye to Juventus in a long press conference in which the club's president, Andrea Agnelli, also participated.
In his sports management, Juventus won nine league titles and reached two Champions League finals, both lost, in 2015 against Barcelona and in 2017 against Real Madrid.
A highly respected manager in European football, he has the interest of English Tottenham, although he did not want to give clues about this possibility.
“It doesn't seem like the right time to talk about my future. What I can say is that my family hopes that I will start working again,” he said.