Stiliyan Petrov has said he will not return to football after Aston Villa opted not to give him a new deal.
Petrov, who retired from playing after contracting leukaemia in 2013, had been training with Villa at their preseason camp in Austria as he targeted a return.
But the 37-year-old former Bulgaria and Villa captain was not given a playing deal, although he was offered another role with the club.
He told Kanal 3 television in Bulgaria: "There will be no comebacks. My return to professional football has failed, but I will explain the reasons at a later stage.