Steed Malbranque retires from football

James__10

The former Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur star signed for the French outfit from Sunderland on a two-year deal earlier this summer, but has now decided to call time on his playing career.
Malbranque made just one appearance as a substitute for St Etienne and was left out of the squad by coach Christophe Galtier for the league game against Sochaux last weekend.
According to reports in France, the 31-year-old player has decided to hang up his boots in order to care for his son, who has been diagnosed with cancer.
Malbranque was born in the Belgian city of Mouscron, but held French nationality and represented his country at under-21 level.
He started his club career at Lyon before switching to the Premier League with Fulham, where he scored ten goals in his first season and became a fans' favourite.
The skilful midfielder crossed London to join Tottenham in 2006 and moved on to Sunderland two years later.
He made more than 100 appearances for the Black Cats before being deemed surplus to requirements by manager Steve Bruce and deciding to return to France

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/874340-former-spurs-and-fulham-star-steed-malbranque-retires-from-football#ixzz1WtutS854

Paul Tergat

Read this today. He was a real handy player for a while at Fulham. Gl to him and hope it works out for the family

TheRedDevil10

good luck to him

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Heard it earlier on Twitter, he was a very handy player a few years ago. Such a shame about his son, wish him all the best.

starviewadams

Was it him who wore the mask while he was at Fulham?

Mikeyt086

starviewadams wrote: »

Was it him who wore the mask while he was at Fulham?

No, that was Facundo Sava.

whiskeyman

Fantastic player with an amazing workrate and always seemed to really enjoy playing the game. Scored some absolute gems and can remember him always smiling.
He was a great player to have in a fantasy football team!
I guess his mind hasn't been in it with his sons health the way it is.

ShamoBuc

Very good player and he has certainly made the right decision - the very best of luck to the both of them.

ImpossibleDuck

Never supported any club he was ever at, but I always rated and respected him as a player

See ya Steed

I'll miss ya at least :pac:

James__10

Turns out the rumours were false :eek: What sick **** would make up a rumour like that :rolleyes:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/news/8743112/Steed-Malbranques-lawyers-rubbish-reports-he-has-quit-football-to-care-for-cancer-suffering-son.html

Underground

Jaysus...some people..:mad:

amiable

James__10 wrote: »

Turns out the rumours were false :eek: What sick **** would make up a rumour like that :rolleyes:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/news/8743112/Steed-Malbranques-lawyers-rubbish-reports-he-has-quit-football-to-care-for-cancer-suffering-son.html

Just about to post it.

I posted about his son a few days ago in the Sunderland thread:o

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Did he actually retire from football?

plasmaguy

I suppose everyone will say he is a sh1te player now that he isn't retiring