well personally speaking supporting Juve for me is like a marriage, you invest time and effort to make sure you get the most from it, although Del Piero played a influential role in my introduction to football, losing him won't make me stop supporting the club, after all it is inevitable that players do one day leave/retire, but with every one lost, a new one arrives, perhaps not immedietely, but over time.
Exactly, you invest too much time and effort, sacrifices, dreams and expectations, that you practically become a part of it.
I can believe there can be a DP fan, that is not, even in a decent degree a Juve fan.
Mercenaries like Ibra fans came and gone, but ppl supporting this club, even for DP alone, are Juventini for so long, that they have become a part of the team and the team has become a part of them.
Losing a part/player, even the greatest/best part of it, does not mean that you are automatically lose all the feeling you have for this team.
For boys, being a part of a team/group becomes really important as they grow up and it eventually defines them so much, that is actually becomes a point of refference.
Therefore i believe that Juve wont suffer pretty much at losing many fans, because the fans that were made Juve fans since DPs prime, are Juventini for so long, that Juve has become a part of them.
I m more worried about the new generations, that have no such iconic figures to aspire...
We will stop creating new breeds of Juve fanatics and our popularity will drop dramatically in a few years, esp as long as we are not competitive and do not have iconic champions like DP, that are so important, that can even attract other players on the team.
Thats why i believe that the team, will benefit many more times his salary if we keep him.
But its also up to DP, i think he actually wants to retire, but of course he is not a quitter and as long as he can offer his services and there is an efford to focus upon, he will be there.
In fact i believe that fighting for Juve, for an ultimate challenge is the only thing that could keep him in football.
He has nothing to prove anymore, he is wealthy and a legend, one more year in a random club wont change much, he will do to us a favor if he stays, rather than us doing him a favor.
Milan could afford to lose Pirlo, they have the funds buy a better succesor, also the promise on Pato and Ibra than can aspire more fans than Pirlo, we cannot replace DP's role, in our team, off the field.
DP knows that as well, and he is also a very wise, mature and calculated man.
He will choose the best for Juve. I believe that he already made his decision to retire this year, by the end of last season and Agnellli just leaked it kind of unproffesionally, like the do with pretty much everything...