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from Reuters Soccer Blog:
Should Totti be allowed to make World Cup comeback?
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Italy coach Marcello Lippi says we won't know until next week whether Francesco Totti will come out of international retirement at the World Cup.
It's unclear if the wait is because Totti has not decided yet, Lippi has not made up his mind or they are just building the tension ready for the announcement of the 30-man preliminary squad on May 11.
The AS Roma striker, 33, quit the Azzurri after their 2006 World Cup triumph but has recently hinted he would be interested in going to South Africa in June if he was fully fit.
Injuries have dogged him for the past few years but he is looking sharper now than he has for a while in a title-chasing Roma side. Totti never excelled for Italy but he offers a creativity the squad is now sorely lacking.
