Updated at 12.52
JOHN CLEARY HAS ruled himself out of the running for the next Cork senior football manager, according to reports.
Cleary has been heavily linked with the role but The Southern Star reports that the Castlehaven man will not be taking over.
Senior footballers are understood to have approached Cleary in an attempt to persuade him to become Brian Cuthbert’s successor, but time commitments are reportedly the reason for his reluctance to take charge.
What a mess.
That’s an old Southern star article they are quoting. @42.ie crew -lads if ye have got this wrong then ye will lose a lot of cred. This is an important matter and i hope ye checked yer facts before publishing, especially you Fintan. He’s being appointed and ratified Tuesday nite acc to redfm and the echo.
Confirmed last night to Southern Star that he is not taking it. The County Board are outdoing themselves on this one
https://twitter.com/KieranMcC_SS/status/650209514164195328
The evening echo were reporting that he was going to be announced as manager on Tuesday! He’s the only man for the job, should be moving mountains to get him.
Yeah I read this ages ago on the 42. We’re not goldfish.