Ex-Premier League star ‘quits new club and will retire just TWO WEEKS after summer transfer’
EX-PREMIER LEAGUE star Craig Cathcart has reportedly called it quits on his playing career – just two weeks after moving clubs.
The former Man Utd defender is set to retire aged 34 just weeks after joining Belgium Pro League side K.V. Kortrijk.
The Blackpool Gazette report Cathcart has made the decision to retire, despite signing a one-year contract with Kortrijk.
According to RMC journalist Sacha Tavolieri, the Northern Ireland centre-back has been unable to motivate himself to be a professional player since making the move.
Cathcart came through the Man Utd youth academy and started his senior career with the club.
But he didn’t make a single appearance for the club during his three-year spell with the first team.
Throughout his time at Old Trafford, he was loaned out to Royal Antwerp, Plymouth Argyle and Watford.
In 2010, he signed for Blackpool, where he made 117 appearances before his departure in 2014, during which time he scored three goals.
After leaving Bloomfield Road, he returned to Vicarage Road on a free transfer.
During his nine-year spell, he made 262 appearances and scored eight goals.
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Cathcart remained with the Hornets until the beginning of this summer.
He was yet to make an appearance for the Belgian side who are currently just shy of the bottom of the Belgian First Division A table with just two points.
They are yet to win a game this term having drawn five and lost two of their seven matches.
Cathcart’s retirement from football is still to be officially confirmed.