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Manchester United’s goalkeepers meet up with Paul Woolston and pose for a touching picture… the day after youngster announced his retirement from football at the age of 23
- David De Gea among goalkeepers to meet Paul Woolston at training ground
- De Gea and United’s other shot-stoppers posed for a picture with Woolston
- United’s goalkeepers have paid touching tributes to the 23-year-old
- Woolston has been forced to retire from football due to injury problems
Manchester United goalkeepers including number one David De Gea have posed alongside U23 shot-stopper Paul Woolston for a touching picture taken the day after the youngster announced he had been forced to retire.
Woolston, who has quit the sport due to injury problems, met De Gea, Dean Henderson, Tom Heaton and Lee Grant at United’s Carrington training ground.
In a statement on Wednesday, United confirmed Woolston’s decision to hang up his boots following a ‘significant determination to return to fitness, including two operations and a lengthy rehabilitation period.’
Manchester United goalkeepers posed with Paul Woolston after he announced his retirement
The 23-year-old has been forced to hang up his gloves because of injury problems
Woolston – who went under the knife twice in two months in March and April last year – made 19 Premier League 2 appearances for the reserves after joining the club on a free transfer in 2018, having left their Newcastle counterparts.
United did not specify what sort of injury had forced him into early retirement but transfermarkt claim Woolston has been suffering from a hip problem.
His decision to hang up his gloves elicited a sympathetic response from his fellow United goalkeepers, with De Gea saying it was ‘very sad news’.
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Source : dailymail
