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Dybala was sponsored by Nike until the first part of the 2016/2017 season. Lately during the season the player had some off-field problems with his former agent, whom Dybala sacked in favour of his brother Mariano who started taking care of his affairs. In the same season the player had a tense relationship with Puma, who had taken legal action against him. When at Palermo, Dybala’s entourage sold his image rights to a Maltese company for ten years. They reached an agreement with Puma but, shortly after Dybala switched agent, the Laguna Larga native wanted to revise the deal. So while the player was under contract with Puma, he used to play with blackout boots (instead of regular Puma’s boots) with his famous “Dybala mask” logo on them. The player refused to play with Puma boots and he used for many months total blackout Nike boots before he switched, in late 2017, to blackout Adidas boots. That was the signal that Dybala found an agreement and signed a sponsorship’s contract with Adidas that is actually on since January 2018.
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Due to his family heritage, Dybala was eligible to play for Poland and Italy, but expressly stated that he feels Argentine and had always dreamed of playing for Argentina.[59] Despite having sealed his decision of representing Argentina’s colours, Dybala maintains that he feels a strong connection to his grandfather’s country of origin, referring to it as “my family’s blood”. Dybala was called by the Argentina under-17 team to participate in the XVI Pan American Games, but ultimately did not take part in the competition. On 19 July 2012, he received his first call-up for the under-20 team, but declined the invitation. On 22 September 2015, Dybala was called for the first time for the Argentina senior team by manager Gerardo Martino, but his first appearance was on 13 October 2015, coming off the bench to replace Carlos Tevez in the 75th minute during a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Paraguay. In May 2016, he was omitted from Argentina’s 23-man squad for the Copa América Centenario. Although Juventus insisted that they would not release Dybala for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he was included in Martino’s 35-man preliminary under-23 squad for the tournament on 24 May; he was not included in the final squad for the tournament, however. On 1 September 2016, Dybala was sent off in the first half of a 1–0 home win over Uruguay in a 2018 World Cup qualifier for a second bookable offence. On 13 June 2017, he set up a goal for Joaquín Correa in a 6–0 away friendly win over Singapore. In May 2018, Dybala was named in Argentina’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia; later that month, he was included in Jorge Sampaoli’s final 23-man squad for the tournament. He made his World Cup debut in Argentina’s second group match on 21 June, coming on as a second-half substitute for Enzo Pérez in the 68th minute of an eventual 3–0 defeat to Croatia.[70] This was his only appearance in the tournament, as Argentina were eliminated in the round of 16 on 30 June, following a 4–3 defeat to France. He scored his first senior international goal on 20 November, in a 2–0 friendly home win over Mexico.
