Jermaine Jenas announces official retirement from football

Jermaine Jenas has announced his official retirement from football after failing to recover from a knee injury that has kept him off the pitch for nearly two years.

The 32-year-old has been working as a television pundit since injuring his cruciate ligament in training in April 2014 while playing for Queens Park Rangers.

"I have officially retired. I tried my best to come back from the knee injury but unfortunately that is the end of my career," the midfielder told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Jenas began his career at Nottingham Forest, before Bobby Robson took him to Newcastle in a £5m deal. He then spent eight years with Tottenham Hotspur and joined QPR in 2013. 

He earned 21 caps for the England between 2003 and 2009, and was included in the squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.