Pat Spillane has hit back at Eamonn Fitzmaurice after the former Kerry manager compared him to Donald Trump.

In a recent interview with the Irish Examiner, Fitzmaurice bemoaned the standard of GAA analysis and said he wouldn't have his fellow county man "within a million miles of a Kerry team", while also claiming he had a "huge ego".

"I must give credit to Eamonn – I’ve been called lots of things before, but never Donald Trump," Spillane wrote in his Monday column for The Herald before going on to clarify a few things.

"I described him as an honourable man to whom football history will be kind and I listed all his many achievements as Kerry player and manager. I also mentioned that many Kerry supporters, far too many in my mind, are over the top in their criticism.

"It’s either win the All-Ireland or bust down here and I just recall the famous words of my great friend Páidí Ó Sé. It’s wrong, but it is the reality in Kerry.

"What I did point out, in a critical manner, was what I believe to be the five reasons Kerry have failed to win any of the last four All-Irelands – with most of the reasons coming straight back to Eamonn’s feet."

The outspoken pundit added: "Eamonn says in his article that I have a huge ego, and that he wouldn’t have me within a million miles of managing any Kerry team. He’s entitled to that opinion, but how does he know I’ve a huge ego, as, believe it or not, I’ve never met the man in my life.

 

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