Francesco Totti will retire at the end of the season, 24 years after he made his first appearance for Roma.

Totti, 40, made more than 600 appearances for Roma since his debut in 1993. 

“In terms of Totti, I already knew that there was an agreement with the club that this would be his final year as a player, then he’d start as a director,” Monchi said. “Francesco is Roma, I want to be as close to him as possible. I’d love to learn even 1% of the huge amount that he knows.”

Totti has won two Serie A titles as well as the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa on two occasions each during his 24 years with Roma.