Dybala and Higuain Look Emulate Juventus’ Legendary Strike Partnerships

Paulo Dybala enjoyed a sensational first season at Juventus, adapting quickly after his move from Palermo in June 2015 and coping with the pressure that comes with playing for one of European football’s biggest clubs.

Yet even after watching their newest star explode with a career-high 19 league goals, the Bianconeri were not satisfied with their attack and opted to make another major investment just 12 months later.

Gonzalo Higuain—whose 36 goals in 2015/16 made him the only player in Serie A to outscore Dybala—arrived at a cost of €90 million, according to Juve’s official website. He has already begun to repay that fee.

Ladies and gentlemen, our new number 9, @G_Higuain!!! #BienvenidoPipita #FinoAllaFine #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/c03m3osCy0

— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) July 27, 2016

The prospect of seeing the two Argentina internationals in tandem instantly struck a chord with Paolo Rossi, the former Juve striker and 1982 FIFA World Cup winner telling La Gazzetta dello Sport (h/t Football Italia) how good he thought the duo could be:

Higuain will score less at Juve, certainly, and will have to share the goals with Paulo Dybala, but I don’t think it’ll be that big a difference. He is at the height of his powers and will settle in quickly.

Dybala is extraordinary and can play alongside anyone, so I’m sure he’ll form a crazy partnership with Higuain. They can become one of the best strike partnerships in Bianconeri history.

Given the sheer talent that has donned those famous black-and-white stripes, that is a bold claim, with some of the finest forwards ever to play the game having represented the club during its near-119-year history.

Paolo Rossi poses next to his 1982 Juventus jersey at the J-Museum. pic.twitter.com/OcAbOuHZdd

— Tarek Khatib (@ADP1113) September 28, 2013

Rossi is among their number, but even before his highly successful spell with the Old Lady, she had already benefitted from some extremely prolific attacking partnerships, with one duo in particular standing out.

“I wish I’d seen him playing in his prime with Juventus,” Leeds United legend Eddie Gray remarked at the funeral of John Charles per the Guardian. “And I wish I’d seen him playing with Omar Sivori.”

Gray is not alone in that sentiment, with Charles and Sivori mythical figures for Juventus fans of all ages. The Welshman was a beast of a player: tall, strong and powerful, capable of scoring goals with either foot or his head, dominating defenders whenever the ball was in the air.

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He arrived in the summer of 1957, with Sivori following soon after. The two men struck up a superb relationship. Charles scored goals at a remarkable rate—108 in 155 appearances to be exact—with many …

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