Juventus captain Alessandro Del Piero is extremely happy about the club’s season so far but admits he is finding it difficult not to be starting regularly.

The Turin giants are unbeaten in Serie A and beat Palermo 3-0 on Sunday to return to the top of the standings.

Del Piero, who has started just twice and has come off the bench in six other league games for Juve this term, told La Gazzetta dello Sport: “I suffer on the bench but as captain, I am delighted with the good run of form by the team.”

Del Piero’s contract with Juve expires next summer but the 37-year-old forward remains coy over his playing future.

He said: “It’s such a beautiful time with Juve leading Serie A that I don’t see why I should think about my future right now.

“My future is on Saturday, I don’t want to think about what will happen after June.”

Del Piero joined the Turin giants in 1993 and is the club’s all-time record goalscorer and most-capped player with 205 goals in 498 Serie A appearances.

Meanwhile, the agent of Amauri insists his client’s future is likely to be in England. The Italian forward has not featured for Juventus since January and is set to leave the Italian club in the winter transfer window.

Amauri is a reported target of Premier League clubs Tottenham and Fulham.

“There is a 70 per cent chance that Amauri will play in England,” Amauri’s agent Ernesto Bronzetti said. “But there is also a possibility that he could join an Italian team.”

Amauri played on loan at Parma last season but turned down moves to Fenerbahce and Marseille in the summer.