Manchester United Reportedly Planning £60m Paulo Dybala Move

Manchester United are reportedly planning a £60 million move for Juventus attacker Paulo Dybala, and manager Jose Mourinho is "confident" he can tempt him to Old Trafford. 

According to Jeremy Cross at the Daily Star, the United boss is "desperate to sign a No. 10" and will sell  Henrikh Mkhitaryan at the end of the season to make space in his squad for the Argentinian.

Samuel Luckhurst at the Manchester Evening News has said Mkhitaryan is one of several players who may leave United next summer:

Dybala, meanwhile, would add pace, precision and creativity to a United side that has been wasteful and lacking in invention at times this season.

However, football writer Liam Canning believes the Red Devils are in need of a winger:

Per BBC Sport, Mourinho said after Tuesday's 2-2 draw with Burnley that the £300 million he has spent on his team "is not enough."

The Red Devils now trail leaders Manchester City by 12 points and have played a game more than Pep Guardiola's table-toppers.

United could now spend more on Dybala and are in "pole position" to sign him as they have brought scout Javier Ribalta to the club, per Cross.

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Ribalta has arrived from Juventus where he had "a close relationship with Dybala" leaving United optimistic they can beat Barcelona and Bayern Munich to his signature.

Dybala has 12 goals and three assists from 17 Serie A appearances this season but was dropped recently for big games against Inter Milan and Roma after a loss of form.

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri told Premium Sport "there is absolutely no problem" with Dybala after leaving him out of the team to face Roma, per Goal's Tom Webber.

Eurosport's Siavoush Fallahi said he has work to do to regain his place in the team:

Dybala said to France Football (h/t Zinny Boswell at Sky Sports) back in November that he could not guarantee that he "will stay at Juventus forever," and that he misses Pogba, who left Turin for Manchester United in August of 2016.

La Joya would surely have no shortage of offers if he did want to leave Juventus, but United may have to offer more £60 million for a player with such huge potential and talent.