It may be nearly midnight in Italy, but as we all know, the transfer business never sleeps. Earlier this week, Roma reportedly submitted a four-year, €24 million contract offer to former Juventus playmaker Paulo Dybala. And for the past few days, we stewed on that rumor: Was that enough cash to lure La Joya to the capital? Would he prefer to follow in Diego Maradona's footsteps at Napoli? Was Inter Milan lurking in the background all along, laughing as Roma got their hopes up, knowing that Dybala was theirs all along?

While I'm afraid we don't have answers to those questions yet, transfer mastermind Gianluca Di Marzio provided a new wrinkle to the story as the rest of Italy sleeps.