Can it be that AA just wants to start fresh and is using Pirloh as a scapegoat to nuke the club and cull all high earners from the club and his friends Tici and nedeved?
I mean failing to get into the CL(money) is nullified by CR7 leaving, which in turn will actually make us a profit as (failing to get CL we lose 60 million, all of them going to CR7 salary and if we sell him for 20 million we actually make a profit from this debacle), less losses on a whole.
Also missing CL is the only way CR7 certainly leaves.
This will be used to ship other high earners like rabiot Ramsey and even dybala, from the club as well.
Dybala can't be excluded since I think Max is already in the pipeline and we know his relation with him was frozen to say the least.
All this by blaming Pirloh, while spinning it all on his rookines.
As the project is going nowhere fast, we need to start fresh.
And if the leagal battle with uefa and those other 9 clubs is just starting, I think he doesn't care so much if the club goes to the CL or not.