When the news first broke about Leonardo Bonucci's potential move to AC Milan, Alessandro Del Piero spoke for many Juventus fans when he said: "I thought it was a joke."
Dripping in sweat after an all-star Italy side lost to Brazil at the Soccer Sixes in London, Del Piero couldn't believe it.
"It's very surprising. I would never have thought anything like this could happen," he told Sky Italia.
While Del Piero saw his teammate Pippo Inzaghi leave for Milan in 2001, he and Inzaghi had a strained on-field relationship, and Super Pippo was never a Juventus icon like Bonucci.