Stan Collymore has decided to retire from football at the age of 30 after only a few weeks at Spanish club Oviedo.

After claiming he was hounded out of the UK by the media, Stan tried to restart his career at Spanish club Oviedo.

Bizarrely, Stan has been commuting from Birmingham to Spain to train! Oviedo were not impressed with his start and told him to go on a diet. So he quit.

His agent has announced his retirement from pro football today and said it is so Stan can spend more time with his family. Stan's girlfriend is currently pregnant.

Stan could well have a future in the media as he is very articulate and a natural at commentating, which he did quite a bit of when he had his broken leg at Leicester.

Many of Stan's former managers have spoken out on how he never fulfilled his true potential, but what a nice bloke he was, including Peter Taylor who said,

""To be fair, Stan had the potential to be one of the best centre-forwards in England.

"He was capable of being the best - but you've got to want to be the best. You've got to want to train and improve every day. Stan still had a decent career but it could have been so much better and he could have achieved a lot more.

"He should have won a lot of England caps, a lot more, but this game is so hard and if you are not 100% for it then it is very hard.

"You've got to want to play and if Stan is not enjoying it, and the desire has gone, then perhaps he is right to retire.

"But I will say that he was a decent fellow to be with and it's a shame his career has ended like this." (c) Ananova