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Football: Ex-Italy forward Cassano retires for third time
October 14, 2018

Veteran former Real Madrid and AC Milan forward Antonio Cassano has announced his retirement for the third time just days after the ex-Italian international returned to training.

Antonio Cassano said over the last few days of training he realized that he no longer have the mentality to train consistently,

The 36-year-old Cassano had first announced he was retiring just a week after signing for Hellas Verona in July 2017.

But he did a swift u-turn saying he wanted to stay with the Verona club for the season, before again calling time after playing two-pre-season friendlies.

Cassano won 39 caps for Italy between 2003 and 2014. He won a Liga title with Real Madrid and Serie A with AC Milan.