Colin Cooper has hinted that he might be calling time on his impressive career.
The 38 year old defender, who also played for Millwall and Nottingham Forest and is currently helping Boro reserves told the official site: ‘I am thoroughly enjoying working with Malcolm Crosby and the reserve team. I’m still playing and that’s useful for the team. Malcolm likes me to play in reserve games as he believes it is important to be able to support the lads on the pitch as well as off it. So I get to play and I keep myself fit. I’ve always been a communicator on the pitch and that can only be positive for the lads around me.’
Cooper is working on his coaching qualifications with Southgate and although he might also have the option of media work, he sees coaching as a part of his future:
‘One thing I can’t say is what will happen at the end of the season. It looks as though my playing career will end, but you never know whether someone will ask you to do this or that. I am taking my coaching qualifications in tandem with Gareth and I am fortunate that I am able to work in the Academy with the support of Dave Parnaby. I have the media work that I do as well, and I don’t know what will happen there. But the coaching is paramount as eventually I will have to make a decision.’
Must be a tough time coming to the end of such an enjoyable career at what, in most professions would be seen as an early age. You tend to forget as players retire that they are still only young and have many working years ahead of them. Mind you, I only think that now I’m not in my first flushes of youth!
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