Dani Osvaldo has opened up about how his unlikely career switch from football into the music industry 'liberated' the former Southampton record signing.
Argentine-born Italy striker Osvaldo, 30, gave up the game in September after years of flitting between clubs following his nightmare spell in the Premier League.
The Saints splashed £15million on Osvaldo in 2013 but he scored just three goals before being wheeled out on a series of loan spells followed by permanent moves to Porto and then Boca Juniors.
The towering centre forward retired to focus on a music career with his band Barrio Viejo despite being offered a two-year contract with Serie A club Chievo, which he turned down.