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Dybala extends Juve contract to 2022 (4)

Argentina forward, 23, signs after stunning brace agst Barcelona

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(ANSA) - Turin, April 13 - Argentina phenom Paulo Dybala has extended his contract with Juventus until 2022, the Turin giants announced Thursday.
    "This extension has been some time coming but it comes at the right time: we are on top form, I hope to entertain and win many trophies together," said Dybala in a six-minute video on Juventus. com.
    "Many positive things have happened this week, so many joys all together. They are days of strong emotions, special".
    The 23-year-old striker, nicknamed 'La Joya' (The Jewel), joined Juve from Palermo in 2015 and has scored 39 goals in 82 appearances for the Bianconeri, including a stunning brace in Tuesday's 3-0 Champions League quarter-final first leg tie against Barcelona in Turin. He has six Argentina caps.
    The extension means Palermo will get a bonus of eight million euros for the performance of Dybala, who had been expected to sign a new contract for the last two months, Dybala helped Juve to its second straight double last year.
    He won the Italian Super Cup in 2015, scoring in the final against Lazio.
    Juve are gunning for a record sixth straight scudetto and their first treble.
    A Champions League win would be the third time they have lifted Europe's top trophy.
    They lost to Barcelona in the 2015 final.
    conquistando nel 2015 Supercoppa Italiana nel 2015, segnando nella finale con la Lazio, scudetto e Coppa Italia.
   

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