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Chelsea in for Palermo's Paulo Dybala as well as Juventus and PSG

Chelsea, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain are primed to fight it out for Paulo Dybala after Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini announced he would sell the player to the highest bidder this summer.

Zamparini feels let down by Dybala, who last month turned down a contract extension to remain at the Serie A club beyond 2016.

The 21-year-old has attracted the attention of a number of sides from around Europe, with Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain, as well as Juve, having expressed an interest, according to Zamparini.

"I will sell him, I am almost certain of this,'' Zamparini told Tuttosport.

"[Juventus general director Giuseppe] Marotta told me that they are very interested in the player. They are ready to negotiate.

"I have warned Marotta already that I've had so many offers for Dybala from half of the teams in Europe. Chelsea, PSG and other English and Spanish clubs.''

The player himself has spoken about one day moving elsewhere, revealing that Barcelona or Manchester City would be his ideal destination.

"When I play with the Playstation, I always choose Barcelona or Manchester City," he told Guerin Sportivo. "I dream to play one day with one of those clubs."

Zamparini previously stated Dybala could cost interested clubs up to 40 million euros, and the forward said: "I honestly think it's an exaggeration. I still have a lot to prove, I try not to think too much about these labels and concentrate solely on my performance on the pitch."

Dybala is Palermo's leading scorer this season with 11 Serie A goals, while he has set up six more to help the club climb to ninth in the table.

Palermo offered the forward a three-year contract extension and an increase in wages to nine million euros a season, only for the deal to be knocked back.

"We had an agreement with Dybala for nine million [euros a year] but the next day everything changed,'' Zamparini said. "I was told that Dybala would no longer sign and that he now wanted up to 15 million [euros] in wages. No way!''

Zamparini believes Dybala, who moved to Palermo in 2012 from home club Instituto, is being badly advised by his entourage.

"This is the fault of those that surround him,'' Zamparini said. "They have made him lose all sense of reality.

"I had treated him like a son, having spent 12 million euros to acquire him. I will not speak to Dybala again. I will appoint a company to negotiate Dybala's sale.''