Juventus new boy Paulo Dybala insists he will not be weighed down by his transfer fee following a high-profile switch from Palermo.
The 21-year-old forward struck 13 goals in 34 Serie A appearances last term, earning himself a move to the Italian champions and UEFA Champions League runners-up.
Juve could end up paying up to €40million for Dybala, who cost Palermo a reported €12million when he arrived from Argentina s Instituto in 2012.
I think that since I have arrived in Italy, there s always some talk about my price tag and never about how I feel like an individual, he said. At Juventus it s happening again.
At Palermo, it was the same when they paid that fee for me, but then I showed that this didn t put extra pressure on me and I ll try to show the same here.
If Dybala is feeling confident of justifying his price tag, there is something almost cocksure about his choice of squad number.
In my career I have always played with number nine, but I understand that players here already have their numbers, so I made my choice I chose number 21, he added.
[I chose it] because it s a number I like, it s my age and other important players [Juve legends Zinedine Zidane and Andrea Pirlo] have worn it, so I think it s a nice number.
