He featured 40 times during the 2009–10 season as United finished two places outside the play-offs. He played nine games at the start of the 2010–11 season under Gary Speed, making his final appearance in professional football in a 1–0 home defeat to Coventry City on 30 October. In July 2012, during the Blades' pre-season tour of Malta, Morgan announced his retirement from professional football as he had not appeared for the first team for almost two years due to a long-standing cruciate ligament problem and was now an established member of the coaching staff at Bramall Lane.