Francesco Totti says he could make a shocking return to football – seven years after announcing his retirement.
The Italy legend, who won the Fifa World Cup in 2006, was a one club man, playing his entire career with AS Roma, for whom he scored 307 goals in all competitions between 1993 and 2017.
The 48-year-old might don the shirt of another team, though, after revealing he has received calls from Serie A clubs to play for them. He believes he could get in shape by the new year and still make an impact at his age.
“There were Serie A teams that called me,” Totti told Gazzetta dello Sport. “I admit that they made me think a little, a little crazy. It would be difficult, but in life you never say never.