JIM MCGUINNESS HAS agreed to stay on for the final 12 months of his four-year contract, according to strong reports emerging today.
Raidió na Gaeltachta earlier suggested a deal had been reached, though a Donegal GAA spokesperson this evening told TheScore.ie that they “can’t confirm or deny” these reports.
McGuinness met with the team and the Executive Committee this afternoon, and the spokesperson added that an official announcement on the decision is not expected until the first week of September.
The manager’s future has been the subject of much speculation after his side were comprehensively beaten by Mayo in the All-Ireland quarter-final earlier this month.
It would be great to get Finlay back, and great that it isn’t gonna keep him out for too long, however, Carty and Buckley being injured for the weekend is a huge loss for us.
Missing a lot a big names this week but the rest of the panel are going to have to step up, we should be beating Edinburgh at home but there was a similar hope for points in the reverse fixture last year, also with the internationals missing, and we ended shipping 50 something points