First of all, we dont know facts here per se. Just assumptions from what we have seen and by taking in account how things happeend.
Until someone goes out saying things like "yeah they pushed me out", or "I needed him out", we cannot say it was a fact.
Like i have stated many times... It was not agnelli alone. It was a decition from the 3. A very bad managed decition of course, and IMO, since Agnelli is the president he had a big part in it.
At the time, i was sure that they were doing it because they wanted to go in a different direction and renovate our attack etc.... and even with that decition, it was not justified enough.But after seen the bender and anelka fiasco, we can surely say that they had no idea what they were doing (if it was a sporting decition solely, of course).
Like some said, it is stupid to send him out the way they did it.... but to know the truth we will have to ask agnelli himself.... because i dont buy that propaganda that goes like "he send DP out because DP is more loved and has power with fans" blabla..... beause it doesnt matter how much DP whined.... Agnelli was still the president and could do whatever he wanted anyways. He doesnt needed to take dp out because for this, because del piero wasnt part of the management , ,in fact the only thing he could get out of that was infuriate the fans and affect shirt sales, just like it happened.
Something went on but we will not know until someone speaks.
What is obvious is that Dp doesnt like to hug Agnelli.
Ill think like Agnelli to try to understand why he did that to DP:
IMO the fact that DP was a fan favourite, meant that he needed to be played continously...regardless of tactical needs. And if the formation was going to be changed.... the "del piero effect" had to be taken in consideration when fielding players and so on. Also, del piero like any good player, doesnt liked to be benched... so this created issues with any coach that wanted to try somthing new. Del Piero also never hesitated to demonstrate his hunder to play, and the fans noticed this very fast. (with the exception of his last season here, where he calmlY accepted the bench role because he knew something was going on).
IMO, Agnelli didnt liked this.
But still, he also forgot the fact that we were talking about jUventus legend.... and they IMO needed to know how to solve his delicate situation with a good conversation instead of forcing things.