Cort of Injury

The man can’t get a break, well apart from a break in his body that is.

Carl Cort has been through it all. Can you believe he is actually 31 years old?
He currently plays, well sort off, for Norwich City after coming back from a brief spell playing in Spain.

Now he has been ruled out for the rest of the season after having an operation on his foot. And ‘being ruled out for the season’ is far too common phrase for Cort as his, once, promising career has never shot off in the manner it should have.

Sir Bobby Robson saw enough to splash £7 million pound on the man, a ruthless streak in the England U21’s did not evolve too much. His record of 8 goals in 12 games didn’t do enough to get the nod into the senior set up as his career nosedived from then.

It’s remarkable that a player that promised so much never materialised to his potential especially after all the money that was spent on him. Cort is a very tall striker that could hold the ball up and finish when called upon; Glenn Roeder noticed these traits and obviously thought he could have been some use for his struggling side.

Now Roeder has gone, and so has faith for Cort.

Norwich City’s league position don’t lie and a single goal from Cort has not really made the impact everyone was hoping. Norwich are struggling and signing a player of the calibre of Cort was certainly bold and interesting but it ultimately failed.

Cort is once again out of contract in the summer and he will be looking to improve his fitness and try to stay off the treatment table for at least a week.

But this may have been his last serious shot for Championship football as not many teams have the funds to finance an injury prone player that will only play an handful of games.