Joey Barton has indicated that Paul Coutts could, if he wanted to, join his coaching staff after all-but ruling the Bristol Rovers captain out for the rest of the season and admitting the Scot may have to consider retirement.
Coutts has missed the last three Rovers games due to a knee injury and, after undergoing an MRI scan this week, could require an operation that will more than likely end his contribution for this campaign.
With the Scot out of contract at the end of the season and due to the succession of knee and other injury issues he’s experienced, at the age of 34 and, according to Barton, having taken various painkillers daily for up to the last six years, he may have to call time on his career.
