Andrea Agnelli’s future seems uncertain with Juventus as a consequence fabled striker Alessandro Del Piero emerges as candidate for the Juventus presidency’

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Purushottam Kumar
Purushottam Kumar is a Delhi university student and a writer. A sports enthusiast who has a stronghold on communication and content writing. He is a passionate...
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Alessandro Del Piero

The Old Lady boss Andrea Agnelli could be told to leave his position as president of the club Juventus. By the majority of the shareholder at Juventus after his continued efforts to support the breakaway European Super League (ESL) and it came with the agony of fans, that made the club members apprehend such situation.

Not to forget recently Agnelli fumed UEFA by quitting as president of the European Club Association (ECA) to become one of the vice-chairmen of the project behind Real Madrid’s Florentino Perez.

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“I have never seen a person who would lie so many times and so persistently as he did,” Ceferin said, leaving a previously close personal relationship [with Agnelli] in tatters.

Moreover, after all this, the possible candidate to replace Andrea Agnelli could be legendary striker Alessandro Del Piero who currently works as an ESPN pundit. Del Piero’s contribution to Juventus History is immeasurable, and he is one of the faces that can be a successor of that level of position especially when it is the position of president of the club.

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Del Piero’s contribution to the Italian forward scored 290 goals in over 700 appearances, the World Cup winner with Italy includes six Serie A titles and the 1996 Champions League in his 16 major club honors with Juventus and stayed with Old lady between 1993 and 2012.

‘I hope so, why not? Alex has proved his qualities and he is getting ready. Nobody will ever forget his link with Juventus.

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‘On the pitch, he was a point of reference for me. We spent ten years together and it was fantastic. He was a unique player and an exceptional professional. We only needed to look at each other to understand what to do.

‘But our understanding was born off the pitch with moments of simple sharing, like watching a game together,’ he added.

The Juventus president has not retired yet, but the majority shareholder John Elkann and other members could decide to remove him of his responsibilities in the next shareholders’ meeting on May 27.

Purushottam Kumar is a Delhi university student and a writer. A sports enthusiast who has a stronghold on communication and content writing. He is a passionate blogger who understands the power of words. Purushottam is currently working as an Journalist at Sports Digest and can be reached at [email protected]