The 30-year-old defender made the announcement on the Spielmacher podcast. Sule explained that he has been considering the option for a while, but he finally made the decision after he injured his knee against Hoffenheim in mid-April and feared it was a third cruciate ligament tear. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWhat I felt when our doctor did the drawer test in the dressing room at Hoffenheim, when he looked at the physio and shook his head, and the physio did it too and didn\u2019t feel any resistance either. I went into the shower and cried for 10 minutes. In that moment, I really thought it had torn,\" he said in the podcast.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWhen I went for the MRI the next day and got the good news that it wasn\u2019t a cruciate ligament tear, it was a thousand percent clear to me that it was over. I couldn\u2019t imagine anything worse than actually looking forward to the time afterwards \u2013 being independent, going on holiday, spending time with my children \u2013 only to then have to come to terms with my third cruciate ligament tear,\u201d the 30-year-old added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sule has a vast career in club football. The defender played 299 games in the Bundesliga for Hoffenheim, Bayern Munich, and Dortmund. He has lifted the trophy five times and was part of Bayern\u2019s treble-winning team in 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWhen I went for the MRI the next day and got the good news that it wasn\u2019t a cruciate ligament tear, it was a thousand percent clear to me that it was over. I couldn\u2019t imagine anything worse than actually looking forward to the time afterwards \u2013 being independent, going on holiday, spending time with my children \u2013 only to then have to come to terms with my third cruciate ligament tear,\u201d the 30-year-old added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sule has also represented his country, Germany, 49 times in his career. He took part in two World Cups and also won the Confederations Cup in 2017 with the team. <\/p>\r\n\r\n