Juventus have sensationally decided to take Paulo Dybala off the market to kill Tottenham chances of signing the forward on deadline day, claims BBC Sport.
Tottenham were in advanced talks to sign Dybala and were growing increasingly confident of landing the Argentina international before Thursday's 5pm cut-off point for English clubs.
Mauricio Pochettino's side had reportedly agreed a €75m (£69.1m) deal with Juventus and even agreed personal terms worth £350,000-a-week with Dybala.
Sorting Dybala's image rights issue remained Tottenham's only obstacle before completing a deal but now Juventus have decided to keep the 25-year-old for the upcoming campaign.
Juventus have spent the last few weeks actively looking to offload Dybala and had hoped to complete a swap deal with Manchester United involving Romelu Lukaku.
United pulled out of a deal due to the esclating finances involved in signing Dybala to pave the way for Tottenham to have a free run at his signature.
Dybala endured a thoroughly disappointing season last term after being pushed to the fringes to accomodate Cristiano Ronaldo.
Despite getting on well away from football, Dybala and Ronaldo failed to gel on the pitch and that appeared to cost the former's place at the club.
Dybala only managed five goals in Serie A last term and has only scored more than 20 goals in a league campaign once in his career.
