Roma icon Daniele De Rossi has decided to retire from football, according to Sky in Italy.

The 35-year-old played his last game for the Serie A club in June but claimed he wanted to carry on playing, with Fiorentina, AC Milan and Boca Juniors manifesting their interest in signing him on a free transfer over the past month.

However, after a period of reflection while on holiday, Sky in Italy say De Rossi has decided to hang up his boots and kick off his career in management, following in the footsteps of his father Alberto who is coaching the Roma youth team.

It is thought that the now-former midfielder was not keen on joining another club after 18 seasons with Roma.

When the club announced in May that he would be leaving, De Rossi told rioting fans outside of their Trigoria training centre that he would have retired should that have been their wish. De Rossi passed on his captaining duties to fellow Roman Alessandro Florenzi following his departure from the Stadio Olimpico.

Bravo De Rossi. Grazie per la tutti. Thank you for all. Giallo Rosa is gonna miss you.