'When you're 35 you're only getting worse' - Allen
Wales and Swansea midfielder Joe Allen cites declining performance levels past the age of 35 among the reasons to retire from football after his club's final game of the season, at home against Oxford in the Championship on Saturday.
Allen has opted to call time on a career which has seen him make almost 600 club appearances and win 77 international caps.
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