Dybala’s Roma Contract Runs Down as Boca Juniors Circles

Paulo Dybala has refused to commit to his Roma future, leaving a contract that is about to expire and a renewal that nobody has signed. The 32-year-old told ESPN that every club is currently an option, naming Boca Juniors in his native Argentina and even his boyhood team Instituto. His deal at Roma runs out at the end of this month, and both player and club are betting on timing rather than ink.

The comments arrived on June 13, 2026, with the window now open and the calendar working against any quiet resolution. Dybala has spent weeks dropping hints, then walking them back, and the latest interview keeps the door wedged open in both directions.

Dybala Won’t Tip His Hand

Asked directly about where he goes next, Dybala answered the way a free agent in waiting tends to. “We will see what happens,” he told ESPN. “These days every team is an option, even Instituto [his first club], so that people don’t get angry.”

He then pulled back behind the badge he still wears. “I am still a Roma player until the end of the month, so out of respect for the club I will not talk about my future,” Dybala said. “However, I have not yet decided. I don’t know if something will happen, so I cannot say anything that might not happen. Everything is possible, in football you never know.”

That is the posture of a man keeping leverage. There is no signature, no announced destination, and no public confirmation from Roma that a new agreement has been reached. Whether the two sides had actually agreed terms by June 13 remains unclear, with the strongest official sources still describing uncertainty rather than a sealed extension.

The Clock on a Free Agent

Dybala joined Roma as a free agent from Juventus ahead of the 2022/23 season. The club announced the signing on a three-year deal that originally ran through June 30, 2025. Conditions for an automatic extension were then met, pushing his contract to June 30, 2026, according to Roma’s own 2024-25 annual report.

That date is now the whole story. Back on May 10, after a win over Parma, Dybala spoke about the countdown in plain terms. “The only thing I can say is that the upcoming derby will probably be my last game in front of Roma fans,” he said in comments carried on the club’s official site.

Reuters reported on May 11 that Roma had not approached Dybala to discuss his future, and that the Lazio derby might have been his last home appearance for the club. The structure of his deal, an extension triggered automatically rather than freshly negotiated, has left the next move to a deadline that no longer feels far away.

A Finish Worth Remembering

The football end of this saved Roma’s season. After struggling with injury in 2025-26, Dybala closed the Serie A campaign with an assist in each of the last three games, four assists in total, as Roma clinched a Champions League place.

His broader Roma return is solid for a player who has missed long stretches. Since arriving in 2022, he has scored 45 goals and provided 28 assists in 140 games across all competitions, helping the club reach the Europa League final in his first season. Roma’s own channels kept pushing him into the spotlight late on, with more than 13,000 votes naming him the player of the match for Verona-Roma.

The injuries are the asterisk. Reuters reported that Dybala dealt with hamstring problems and underwent knee surgery in March, an absence that kept him out for nearly four months. For any club weighing a new contract, that medical history sits next to the goal contributions.

Stretch the lens to his whole Serie A career and the case sharpens.

• 204 direct goal contributions in Serie A: 131 goals and 73 assists across 370 games.
• 45 goals and 28 assists in 140 Roma appearances in all competitions.
• Four assists in Roma’s final three Serie A matches of 2025-26.
• An automatic extension that runs only to June 30, 2026.

Where Boca Juniors Fits In

Boca Juniors has been repeatedly linked as a possible destination, a romantic pull toward Argentina for a player who turned 32 during this reporting cycle. Dybala folding Boca and Instituto into the same breath reads less as a transfer announcement and more as a man enjoying the question.

Whether Boca actually lodged a formal bid is not established. The reviewed reports mostly described interest and monitoring rather than a confirmed offer, and the terms of any move have not been published. Multiple reports across May and June described ongoing talks or an approaching renewal at Roma, while later coverage suggested an offer had been discussed, none of it fully confirmed by the club in the sources reviewed.

So the destination remains open in the literal sense Dybala used. He is not denying Boca, not confirming Roma, and not closing any door he might want later. That is the bet: keep every option live until the contract forces a decision.

What Roma Has Said in Return

Roma has not stayed silent, even if it has not committed in public either. On May 17, the club indicated it would try to fulfil its responsibility to retain players like Dybala and others, framing the renewal question as part of wider squad planning rather than a standalone negotiation.

The same annual report that logged Dybala’s extension also showed the contrast inside the squad. Tammy Abraham’s deal, for context, was listed with an updated end date of June 30, 2027, the kind of multi-season certainty Dybala does not currently have. One forward is tied down well into the future; the other is counting matches.

For now the facts are narrow and the timing is everything. The contract expires at the end of June, nothing has been signed, and Dybala says he has not decided. Football transfer sagas often turn on exactly this kind of standoff, as our look at a return move framed as a calculated bet showed, where a deadline and a hunch can matter more than any leaked figure.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does Paulo Dybala’s Roma contract expire?

His current deal runs out at the end of June, with sources referencing June 30, 2026. The terms came from an automatic extension that pushed the contract one year beyond its original end date of June 30, 2025.

Has Dybala signed a renewal with Roma?

Not according to the sources reviewed. As of June 13, 2026, nothing had been signed by either party, and Dybala himself said he had not decided his future, describing himself as a Roma player only until the end of the month.

Is Boca Juniors signing Dybala?

Boca Juniors has been linked, and Dybala named the club as a possible option, but the reviewed reports described interest and monitoring rather than a confirmed formal bid. The terms of any move have not been published.

How did Dybala perform in his final stretch with Roma?

He finished strongly, providing an assist in each of Roma’s last three Serie A games, four in total, as the club secured Champions League qualification despite his injury-hit season.