An Italian amateur football club is hoping to entice Antonio Cassano out of retirement AGAIN and play for them next season by offering to pay him in food.

Cassano announced his retirement from the game last week after growing homesick during Hellas Verona's preseason training camp. He then reversed that decision, then made another U-turn this week and now says his priority is now on being a family man with his wife and children at their home near Genoa, although his local club Legino believe they...

He may have moved into management almost a decade ago, but Sinisa Mihajlovic has proved that his formidable set-piece prowess hasn't waned in the slightest since he hung up his boots.

Filmed while taking part in a training session with Torino, the 48-year-old Serbian coach struck a series of gloriously nonchalant 20-yarders past a helpless goalkeeper.

Come calcia Sinisa😳 pic.twitter.com/JqrOAgIceB

— Maurizio Pistocchi (@pisto_gol) July 25, 2017

During his playing days with Sampdoria, Lazio and Inter, Mihajlovic quickly earned a reputation as one of the finest free-kick takers in the world.

Indeed,...

Over the course of last season, Leroy Sane braved the pain to have an enormous image of himself tattooed across his entire back.

Specifically, the Manchester City winger has chosen to commemorate the goal he scored against Monaco in the last 16 of the Champions League back in February.

The tattoo. It took two "long days" to do, four days in total. pic.twitter.com/ypDPLUrp1o

— Sam Lee (@Sammy_Goal) July 25, 2017

As you may recall, City were subsequently knocked out of the tournament in the second leg of the aforementioned tie, though Sane obviously appears to care not.

after some thorough investigationing - Leroy Sane's tattoo is of him scoring against Monaco pic.twitter.com/oQNHTU6bHm

— Matt Coleman 🦊 (@_MattColeman) May 21, 2017

On a mildly interesting note, when the Germany international's...

Daley Blind has become the latest footballer to fall foul of sloppy social media technique after failing to copy and paste an Instagram message correctly.

The Dutch defender posted a photo of himself posing in Manchester United's new third shirt, along with a caption that featured a little more information than intended.

Oh dear Daley Blind.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/bNjiqFo2MF

— Football-Oranje.com (@FootballOranje_) July 25, 2017

"Hi mate, would you be ok posting this image on your social channels with the following copy?" read the extraneous text, most likely sent out by United's social media representative...

You may be familiar with the concept of "eating humble pie," but the mayor of a town in France was recently forced to dine on an altogether less appetizing dish as the result of a botched wager.

After watching PSG hammer Barcelona 4-0 in the first leg of their Champions League encounter last season (in the round of 16), Charles Dayot, mayor of Mont-de-Marsan, declared that he would gladly "eat a rat" if the Parisians didn't end up making the quarterfinals.

Of course, Barca went on to record an...

Real Madrid defender Marcelo realised a dream while training in Los Angeles -- a meeting with basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal.

The 29-year-old Brazil international, goalkeeper Keylor Navas and midfielder Mateo Kovacic were all dwarfed by the Los Angeles Lakers great at a local restaurant on Monday night.

Marcelo gave a thumbs-up to the camera, while Navas and Kovacic stuck with a classic handshake from the 7-foot-1, four-time NBA champion.

A Dream come true 😎💯Dope The best person!!! Thank u big bro!! #elpadrinonegro

A post shared by Marcelo Vieira Jr. (@marcelotwelve) on Jul 24, 2017 at 10:20pm PDT

Increíble 👍🏽👌🏻💪👊👊🏿👍🏿🏀🏀

A post shared by Keylor Navas Gamboa (@keylornavas1) on Jul 24, 2017 at 10:15pm PDT

@shaq 🏀

A post shared by Mateo Kovacic (@mateokovacic8) on Jul 24, 2017 at 10:15pm PDT

The man known as Shaq has gotten involved in a number...