lorentino Perez is reported to have held secret talks with Paulo DybalaReuters7Paulo Dybala will be?given No. In the absence of Lassana Diarra, the youth product has stepped up and taken control. The Belgian reports believe that Witsel could be set to team up with Oscar at Shanghai SIPG. Following decades of financial dominance in football, Serie A clubs can no longer compete with the Premier Leagues spending power, or La Liga heavyweights, Real Madrid. Like current Kop stars Adam Lallana, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firminho, the Swede is supremely versatile and can play almost anywhere outside of defence. Everton boss Ronald Koeman is an admirer and thought he was close to doing a deal last summer. He said: Lindelof is a Benfica player with a release clause. Under Sir Alex Ferguson, there was an imposing centre-back pairing throughout. The report claims that?discussions over a transfer?to the La Liga side have been ongoing since last summer but Navas was keen to see out his City contract. With Juan Mata, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Wayne Rooney, Anthony Martial, Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford — as well the seldom utilised Ashley Young — Mourinho has ample options.