No playing career truly ends the way you want it to end. Despite the determination of players as they reach retirement to insist that there are ‘no regrets’, I think it is a cliche rather than the truth. There are always regrets. Either about the end itself or what was achieved during the career. The more successful the career, the more unsatisfying the conclusion. Let me clarify that: the more successful the team, the more unsatisfying the individual’s departure. That is for a simple reason: a great team does not exist to further an individual’s career. It exists to sustain…

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