Jose Enrique retires due to injury

Former Liverpool and Newcastle United full back Jose Enrique calls a break on his career aged 31, forced decision of his injury.

He said: “I could not play without medication, I did not even train. It was hard, desperate.

“Sometimes I got dizzy in training on so much medication.

“After every game my knee swelled like a ball and I was barely able to walk for three days. Something that was supposed to be for three months ended up turning into two years.

“I saw five doctors in England but they did not get the problem.

“It hurts me, but so many times they told me that it was a psychological problem that I came to believe it.”

“I was never the same, it was frustrating,” he said. “I had been playing for three months with a broken meniscus.

“I had to escape to Spain because I could not even walk. I could not compete and I had a terrible time.

“I had an anxiety attack and thought, ‘what the hell is wrong with me?’ I did not understand it.”