"Matty has rung me to tell me is in going to retire which is a big blow to the lad," Stags boss Billy Dearden told the Mansfield CHAD website on Thursday.
"He has not looked out of place in training and has made one or two sit up. But he has been in tremendous pain after every session.
"I am very disappointed for him as, to even try to make a comeback after so many operations at only 25 took tremendous courage."
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