Paul Finlay has no intention of coming out of inter-county retirement at the age of 35.

The former Monaghan sharpshooter announced his retirement almost two years ago, but his outstanding form for Ballybay in their march to Sunday's Mick Duffy Cup decider against four-in-a-row chasing Scotstown has led to calls for him to reverse his decision.

"Club football, even though it's very competitive in Monaghan, it's still a few levels below inter-county football," Finlay explained to the Irish News.

"You get the odd person saying 'you could still do a job for the county', but it just doesn't wash with me at all - that is a serious level and club is way below it.

"I was happy with my decision when I decided to walk away, and nothing has altered that at all. I just know the level that's required at inter-county, the way the game's played, the intensity of it. I'm not saying I'd make a fool of myself, but I just don't have that yearning that I could or should still be in there and maybe offering something."

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