its too much of a coincidence though. and i dont say youre wrong either. he did get bored/couldnt find the motivation and drive, got convinced to stay with certain players (Morata and Cuadrado/Berardi/iturbe), but with one of them not coming, the reason for him to stay was lost. in the end, it didnt negatively affect neither us or him, so its all good now
He was at a deadend because he didnt know how to shut his critics in europe, so he convinced himself the problem was not him, but the board for not giving him top of the line players to compete with real madrid and barcelona.
He was most likely fighting with the board behind the curtains, and prove of this was his constant moaning to the media and his 10 dollar comments. When one of his requested transfers didnt happened, iturbe most likely, he got fuked up and decided to go to the national team, maybe to prevent another cl embarrastment
In his eyes, the team was at it limit, but allegri proved him wrong the season that followed.
