Chris Basham
36-Year-Old
Free Agent
Retires from professional football
Basham announces his retirement from football after 17 years, he said via his social media.
ANALYSIS
Basham spent most of his career in the EFL, making 226 in the leagyes while scoring 11 goals with nine assists. He spent most of his career with Sheffield United, appearing 394 times in all competitions. The defender will retire winning the EFL League One title, while being a two time runner up in the Championship.
Basham spent most of his career in the EFL, making 226 in the leagyes while scoring 11 goals with nine assists. He spent most of his career with Sheffield United, appearing 394 times in all competitions. The defender will retire winning the EFL League One title, while being a two time runner up in the Championship.
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Leaving Sheffield United
Basham will leave Sheffield United at the end of the season following the expiration of his contract.
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Career in doubt
Basham (ankle) is done for the season and could be in doubt of returning to the sport, he told Sky Sports.
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Improving from surgery
Basham has been improving well since undergoing ankle surgery in October as he still has a timeline of 4-5 months. "6 weeks today, and alot of people said it wasn't going to be easy that is so true it's been difficult but am finally feeling a lot more myself now and seeing signs of progress from looking through past photos, now out of cast and into a air cast still a long road but step by step day by day I feel improvements" he said.
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Undergoes ankle surgeries
Basham (ankle) had two surgeries to repair damage caused by his ankle dislocation, the club announced Thursday.
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Stretchered off with injury
Basham was stretchered off in the first half of Saturday's match against Fulham. According to manager Paul Heckingham after the match, "He's where he needs to be, with the doctors and medics in hospital. It's something that you never want to see. Everyone knows how popular he is and everyone will be thinking about him."
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Other EPL sides showing interest
Burnley and Newcastle United are interested in Basham ahead of the 2020-21 season, according to Simon Jones of The Daily Mail.
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The former Brentford defender, 31, has one year left on his Blades deal and might be set to play elsewhere during the next season. Several EPL sides have shown an intention to sign him due to his impressive displays with Sheffield of late. Basham has made 40 appearances for the high-flying Blades during the current campaign.
The former Brentford defender, 31, has one year left on his Blades deal and might be set to play elsewhere during the next season. Several EPL sides have shown an intention to sign him due to his impressive displays with Sheffield of late. Basham has made 40 appearances for the high-flying Blades during the current campaign.