Chelsea kid Sam Hutchinson forced to quit football due to long-term knee injury

20 August 2010 00:18
[LNB]I quit: Sam Hutchinson has retired due to injury[LNB]Chelsea's England Under 19defender Sam Hutchinson hasretired through injury at the age of 21. [LNB]The highly-rated youngster suffered areoccurrence of the knee trouble thataffected his past three seasons and willwork at the club's academy while alsostudying sports science at university. [LNB]Hutchinson made his first-team debutin 2007, with then-manager JoseMourinho describing him as a futurepermanent member of the Chelseasquad. [LNB]He was called into the EnglandUnder 21 set-up but the knee injuryforced him to withdraw. [LNB]In total Hutchinson started one game for Chelsea and made three substitute appearances.[LNB] Neymar rejects Chelsea: Santos make wonderkid an offer he can't refuseEverton star Jack Rodwell good enough to play for England, insists Phil NevilleChelsea starlet Kakuta on Bayern radar after starring for France Under 19s[LNB] 

Source: Daily_Mail