Diego Maradona has hailed Juventus striker Paulo Dybala.

Maradona admits he's long followed his fellow Argentine.

“I've been following him since he was at Instituto," Maradona told TyC Sports.

“He just needs to play as many games as possible, but he'll make it because he's a phenomenon.

“Sometimes he tries to do things which are too quick for Italian football, he's yet to get used to a certain way of playing but give him time and he'll keep improving.

“He's on the level of players like [Lionel] Messi, [Gonzalo] Higuain and [Sergio] Aguero.

“Messi is by far the best, but the other three are great players, each with his own characteristics. Messi and Dybala, for example, have feet Higuain doesn't have.

“Therefore I'll say that Higuain will keep scoring, but Dybala will keep growing."