Serie A star Antonio Cassano makes ANOTHER U-turn and retires from football for the THIRD time in 2017
The 35-year-old reportedly told fans at the Genoa boat show that he was hanging up his boots for good after debating his future all summer
IT'S the saga that seems to be never-ending, but Antonio Cassano has reportedly retired yet again from professional football.
The 35-year-old hung up his boots TWICE in the summer, only to make a U-turn as he looked for one final hurrah in .
According to and , the ex-Roma star was at the Genoa boat show where he answered fans questions on his future.
Cassano is reported to have said: "With football I'm done, that's enough."
He joined Hellas Verona earlier on in the summer, only to retire - where he then announced hours later he would pursue his career.
And then weeks later he had his contract mutually terminated by Fabio Pecchia's newly-promoted side after admitting he was finished with the game.
The soap opera continued when he revealed he hadn't retired, but simply wanted to play closer to Genoa - where his family reside.
But just when you thought the madness was over, Cassano's wife Carolina Marcialis dismissed the latest report.
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Taking to Twitter, she said: "One gets up in the morning and decides to invent news.
"Antonio has never made this statement... no one has ever said that he has closed with football!!"
Cassano - who has ten goals in 29 caps for the Azzurri - was part of the Real Madrid squad that won the La Liga title in the 2006/07 season.
And whilst playing for AC Milan, he helped them to the Serie A championship in the 2010/11 campaign.