Former Aston Villa striker Darius Vassell is considering retirement.

Vassell is currently a free agent.

"People have been saying to me I'm 'only' 33 but it feels like I've been playing for such a long time," he told the Express & Star.

"I started when I was 18 and played at every level there is to play at, more or less, so the question for me is what can I achieve that I haven't already achieved?

"Next year I might retire, we're discussing it as a family right now.

"It's been a long period of time since I played. I had a bad injury at Leicester so the longer I'm out the less likely it is for me to get back in at the level I want to play at."