Totti: I Turned Down Genoa and Como at 48

Seven years after retiring, Francesco Totti says two Serie A clubs genuinely tried to bring him back.

What happened. Francesco Totti revealed in his biography that Genoa and Como both tried to sign him in 2024, at the age of 48. He says he turned both clubs down.

• Totti says the Genoa directors approached him directly and he spoke with them.
• Gilardino, a fellow 2006 World Cup winner, coached Genoa; Cesc Fabregas was at Como.
• Totti retired in 2017 after his entire playing career at Roma.

“I said no to Genoa and Como when I was 48.”

— Francesco Totti

The claim comes from Totti's own biography, two years after he first said Serie A clubs had approached him.

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