Italy icon Francesco Totti: Serie A teams call me over return

Roma legend Francesco Totti has claimed that Serie A groups are nonetheless calling him to see if he would return to skilled soccer, including that he thinks it might take two to a few months of coaching to return to taking part in health.

Totti, 48, retired from soccer in 2017 having spent his whole profession with Roma, taking part in 786 occasions and scoring 307 targets for the Giallorossi.

“There have been Serie A groups that referred to as me. I admit that they made me assume a little bit, a little bit loopy,” Totti mentioned. “It might be troublesome, however in life you by no means say by no means.

“There are gamers who’ve performed a few years after the top of their profession. It additionally is determined by the place you play, with all due respect, but when I have been to return to Serie A I must prepare rather well.”

The 2006 World Cup-winner mentioned he would refuse to play for Roma’s bitter rivals Lazio have been they to stake a declare for his providers.

“Lazio? I would not even think about it,” he mentioned. “I would be prepared in two to a few months — I am nonetheless taking part in at 48. If I needed to do one thing loopy, I would do it in Italy, not overseas, however it’s loopy.”

Totti, who earned 58 caps for Italy, additionally mentioned that retirement was not his alternative.

“Whenever you flip the web page you by no means know what awaits you. It wasn’t my alternative, however in that second it needs to be skilled otherwise from the context,” he mentioned.

“Possibly that is additionally why I’ve had that factor inside me. It is true that there is a starting and an finish to all the things. I did not need it and in order that window remained open.”

Roma have endured a troublesome begin to the 2023-24 marketing campaign, sacking fellow membership stalwart Daniele De Rossi after failing to win any of their first 4 league video games.

They’re tenth within the standings, with Ivan Jurić having gained two of his 4 home video games since taking the helm.