Retirement not in Fitzsimons' thoughts

October 16, 2024

Dublin's Cian Murphy and Michael Fitzsimons with the Leinster SFC trophy. ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne.

Michael Fitzsimons has refused to be drawn on his inter-county future, saying his only focus at the moment is on winning a Dublin SFC medal with Cuala.

The nine-time All-Ireland SFC winner turns 36 next year, but has yet to make a decision on his Dublin future.

“Once the club season comes about, you’re just focusing on that. I haven’t really…like I thought about the Galway game (All-Ireland quarter-final) in the immediate aftermath, but I haven’t thought about it since then,” he told reporters ahead of Sunday’s Dublin SFC final against Kilmacud Crokes.

“Your focus shifts and you go with the club and we’ve been really fortunate that we’ve gone on a run that occupies your time outside of work.

“It’s just an easy thing to ask. If you run out of questions, you can just ask. The same as if you bump into me. If you bump into me and you don’t know what to say, just ask me about football.

“Socially, it’s just an easy thing to do. If people keep asking you your plans for the future, in any aspect of life, it’s like, ‘I don’t know. I’m just living day to day’. You just shrug your shoulders. People think you’re being coy but you’re actually not.”


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