Roma yesterday announced the signing of Paulo Dybala on a three-year contract after the Argentina forward’s deal with Juventus expired. The 28-year-old had been touted for a move to Serie A runners-up Inter Milan, which would have ensured Champions League football next season. Roma finished sixth in Serie A last season.
A report said the contract was worth six million euros ($6.08mn) per season including bonuses. Dybala spent a trophy-laden seven years in Turin, scoring 115 goals for Juve, but has been dogged by injuries over the last two seasons. He joined Juve from Palermo in 2015, going on to win five Serie A titles and four Italian Cups. He also played in the team which reached the 2017 Champions League final but lost to Real Madrid.

Barca thrash Beckham’s Miami 6-0 in friendly
Raphinha marked his Barcelona debut with a goal and two assists as the Spanish giants kicked off their four match US tour with a comprehensive thrashing of David Beckham’s Inter Miami on Tuesday.
The Brazilian, signed from Premier League Leeds United earlier this month for around $60mn, capped a promising first outing for his new club with a well taken first-half strike after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had given the La Liga giants the lead at a sold-out Drv Pnk Stadium.
With fellow new signing Robert Lewandowski not involved ahead of his official unveiling in Miami – following his move from Bayern Munich – it was left to Raphinha, 25, to get the thousands of Barcelona fans in attendance excited about the future.
The Brazilian was making his debut alongside fellow newcomer Andreas Christensen, who left Chelsea at the end of the season, and both were impressive against Phil Neville’s side. This was the first game of Barca’s US tour which will see them face Real Madrid, Juventus and the New York Red Bulls before the start of the new La Liga season on August 12th.

AC Milan’s Bakayoko says Italy police stop could have ended badly
AC Milan midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko said yesterday that Italian police who pulled him from his car at gunpoint this month after mistaking him for a shooting suspect “clearly put our lives in danger”.
A video of the July 3 police stop that went viral earlier this month showed the French midfielder with his hands up in the air and pressed to a patrol car being searched by a policeman. The video shows another officer pointing her pistol at an unseen passenger still inside Bakayoko’s car during the search. After a few moments, another officer approaches Bakayoko and the policeman patting him down, says something, and the policeman releases Bakayoko.
Following the publication of the video, Milan police said Bakayoko and his passenger had been pulled over because they resembled the description of two suspects in a shooting case and denied the control was racial profiling.