Former Burnley midfielder Steven Defour has announced he will retire at the end of the season.
Defour, who joined Burnley for £8million in August 2016 and made 58 appearances for the Clarets, will call time on his playing career after battling injury.
“So this is it, at the end of the season I hang my boots on the hook," Defour, now with Mechelen, wrote on Twitter.
“Due to circumstances you sometimes have to make choices faster than you intended. The daily physical pain made it impossible to deliver the performance I expect from myself.
“The mental resilience required to keep returning after large and small injuries continued to decline. Then this choice is unfortunately an easy one."
