Cookie Coleman prepares for the worst
last updated Friday 15th June 2001, 11:25 AM
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Fulham captain Chris Coleman has admitted
for the first time that his professional career might be over.
The Welsh international defender, who has just turned 31, has been battling
to regain fitness after suffering serious leg injuries when his sports car
careered off the road and smashed into a tree in January.
Coleman has undergone six operations after his right leg was broken in three
places and his ankle and knee also badly damaged.
The latest surgery was a bone graft to repair his tibia, but Coleman is
preparing himself for the worst.
He said: "The doctors say the tibia is a notoriously bad bone to heal.
If I am told I won't play again, I'll just have to accept the decision.
"My hope remains to play again by the end of next season. "I have
always been strong mentally and I am confident no matter how long it takes,
I will recover. "I am only 31 and have time on my side. If I had been
33 or 34, then I would have had no chance."
Coleman can draw comfort from the fact that he made a successful return
after being out for almost 12 months with a ruptured Achilles tendon during
his time at Blackburn.
Coleman said "I proved them wrong when I was at Blackburn and I can
do so again."Nothing would please me more than to be able to stick
two fingers up at the doubters."
Fulham will be playing in the top flight for the first time since 1968 next
season after winning the First Division title in May.
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Source daily express
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