Alessandro Del Piero's future has again been thrown into confusion, after a member of the Agnelli family - the club's financial backers - suggested that he was a luxury they could not afford.
Del Piero is no longer an automatic starter for Juventus, and it was heavily rumoured that the player could be sold on by the club that once considered him their talisman.
President Gianni Agnelli's nephew, Lapo Elkann has now made the broadest hint that the club's hierarchy believe the time has come to offload the Italy international.
"Del Piero costs too much for what he returns," said Elkann to Il Giornale.
"He's a luxury we cannot afford."
Del Piero's team-mates have immediately rallied round the forward, with Brazilian Emerson backing him to prove his critics wrong.
"Del Piero is no luxury," said Emerson.
"He's a part of the team and all the squad have the same value.
"He is not just a player who sits on the bench. He has battled back from injury and is training hard to get back up to match fitness."
i think dp future is in milan