Allegri has since dismissed any suggestion of a dispute, but personal differences might have played a part in the Bianconeri’s decision not to offer Dybala an extension. The decision to let Dybala go will have been influenced by other choices still to come. This seems to have come down to money above all else.
Juve have to weigh up the impact of making loan deals for Alvaro Morata and Moise Kean permanent, which could come at a combined cost of over £60m.
Ultimately, in the blunt words of club CEO Maurizio Arrivabene, Dybala "was no longer at the centre of the project".
The scorer of 113 goals in 283 appearances for the Serie A giants, Dybala will not be short of suitors.
Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid have both been linked with the Argentina international while he came close to joining Tottenham in 2019.
But how about Manchester United?
For starters, Dybala has previously spoken of the "pleasure" of playing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo at Juve.
Back in 2019, he said: "Of course I enjoy [playing with Ronaldo].
"Cristiano's a champion and it's always a pleasure to play with guys like him. Ronaldo makes things that are very difficult actually seem easy."
United are at something of a fork in the road in attack. Anthony Martial and Edinson Cavani are expected to leave this summer while Marcus Rashford’s future is increasingly unclear.
That would leave Ronaldo as their only available senior centre forward going into the 2022-23 campaign.
What might have been
With five Scudetti and four Coppa Italia winners’ medals to his name, Dybala should not have many regrets about his time in Turin.
But failing to win the Champions League may be his biggest one.
No Juve team has done so since 1996 and Dybala was a member of the side which reached the final in 2016-17, only to lose 4-1 to Real Madrid in Cardiff.
There is still plenty of time to claim Europe’s ultimate prize, and the likelihood of doing so may well factor heavily into Dybala’s choice of destination.
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