Italy great Roberto Baggio could get a managerial job at Inter Milan, the club he played for from 1998 to 2000.
''I haven't lost touch with him,'' said Inter Chairman Massimo Moratti in a videochat organised by La Gazzetta dello Sport.
''I hear from him quite often. He's always very affectionate and as smart and clear-sighted as ever,'' Moratti said.
Baggio, 41, has been mulling offers to get back into the game in an off-field role ever since he hung up his boots three years ago.
''I've already received several offers which I'm weighing up,'' the Italy legend said a couple of years ago.
''I'm out of the soccer world now and I'm doing other things I believe are more important,'' said Baggio, who currently travels the world as goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
''At the right time, I'll make what I think is the right choice,'' said the former 'Golden Ponytail'.
Baggio said he'd like to get into coaching in Italy but realised the process would have to be ''gradual''.
In Italy coaches are licensed. They have to qualify for the job by going through the Italian soccer federation's coaching school.
Baggio recalled wryly that Dutch legend Marco Van Basten ''started straight off as coach of the national team''.
He added: ''The situation is different in Italy and I think a gradual process will be needed, starting from a club side''.
Baggio called time on his remarkable career in June 2004 after helping small northern club Brescia avoid relegation from Serie A for the second year running.
Earlier that year the former Fiorentina and Juventus star scored his 200th goal in the top flight.
He earned his 56th and last cap for Italy by putting in a special appearance in a friendly against Spain in April 2004, after Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni caved in to massive pressure from fans.
Baggio had last played for his country in 1999. Ever since then - and especially in the run-up to big tournaments - there were regular calls for him to be called back.
European Player of the Year in 1993, Baggio played in three World Cups, making his mark at the 1990 tournament in Italy with a memorable strike against Czechoslovakia - voted one of the best goals ever - before helping the Azzurri to third place.
In 1994 his goals fired Italy to the final but he missed the crucial penalty in the deciding shoot-out against Brazil.
He was a last-minute entry in the 1998 World Cup squad after a sustained media and popular campaign for his inclusion, but did not make the Italian squad for Euro 2000.
In his 55 'real' matches for Italy he scored 27 goals, making him the fourth-highest all-time scorer for the Azzurri.
In a 20-year career interrupted three times by serious injuries, Baggio played for Fiorentina, Juventus, AC Milan, Bologna, Inter Milan and Brescia.
His final Serie A goal tally was 205.
He won two Serie A titles, an Italian Cup and a UEFA Cup with Juventus.
He also played a small part in AC Milan's 1996 scudetto-winning campaign.
