Cassano set for Real exit.

Italian international striker Antonio Cassano is set to end his nightmare year at Spanish giants Real Madrid.

The 24-year-old five million euros buy from AS Roma is not wanted by coach Fabio Capello - under whose aegis he played at Roma - after failing to settle and a series of incidents which irritated the team management.

"They have had enough of his moodswings," said sports paper AS on Tuesday.

"Capello and sports director Pedja Mijatovic want him to leave."

Several Italian clubs including Roma, who bought him for 28million euros shortly after they won the 2001 Scudetto, and AC Milan could be interested in Cassano according to the paper, though, Real will not let him go for just any price.

Also his estimated wages of 4million euros a year could complicate any eventual transfer.

Cassano's international career has suffered accordingly since he scored on his Italy debut against Poland in November 2003 and played for the Azzurri at the 2004 European championships in Portugal where they went out in the first round group stage.

Subsequent to that he was left out by Marcello Lippi because of his expanding waistline and loss of form and not even the move to Real last January could reignite his faint hopes of making the World Cup squad.

He has, though, caught the eye of Lippi's replacement Roberto Donadoni having been included in one of his squad's for two Euro 2008 qualifiers though he was subsequently dropped from the next two.