Alfie Mawson hangs up his boots due to knee injury

2023-02-15 12:54

Alfie Mawson hangs up his boots due to knee injury


Affected by a knee injury, the 29-year-old England centre-back and former Fulham player Alfie Mawson announced on Tuesday that he would hang up his boots.


Alfie Mawson was born in the youth training of Brentford, and was once loaned to Maidenhead United (2012-2013), Luton Town (2013-2014), Welling United (2014/1-2014) in his early career. 4) Effectiveness for Wycombe Wanderers (2014-2015). In July 2015, Mawson left Brentford due to the expiration of his contract and signed a three-year contract with Barnsley. The following year, he joined Swansea City for 5.9 million euros. In August 2018, Mawson switched to Fulham for 16.85 million euros and returned to Wycombe Wanderers after three years.


So far, Alfie Mosen has played 80 times in the Premier League, with a total of 6 goals and 1 assist. However, he has suffered from knee injuries since the 2018/19 season, and finally decided to retire because he could not get rid of the injury.


"It might come as a shock to some people, but for me it's been brewing for a while. I've made the difficult decision to retire after talking to experts, my family, my coaches," Mawson told officials Tuesday. It was made clear in the media interview.


"Around Christmas, I had some pain in my knee that never went away. After a period of rest, I went for a scan and unfortunately there was another damage to the knee."


Mawson later added: "It's devastating, but that's the way of life. I was almost in this situation in the summer, and I didn't love the game anymore. I think if I retired at that time, I wouldn't even think about it. Don’t want to watch football anymore. Still, coming back here has made me fall back in love with it. It reminds me of when I first joined as a kid and loved what I did.”


"I've done what I wanted to achieve and to walk away with a win and a clean sheet in my last game is a good way to end it."


"I knew this day would come - just sooner than I hoped. Yet there are countless worse things happening in the world, and it makes you realize that at the end of the day, it's just a job. I love it, it's been a hell of a stretch Such a journey. I have dedicated my life to it and I will be forever grateful to all those who helped make it happen."